Quotes by Michelangelo Buonarroti

I saw the angel in the stone and carved to set it free.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Criticize by Creating.

I saw an angel in the marble and I carved to set him free.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.

If people knew how hard I have had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem wonderful at all.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.