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

— Michelangelo

Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.

— Michelangelo

Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.

— Michelangelo

Every block of stone has a statue inside it, and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

— Michelangelo

Faith in oneself ... is the best and safest course.

— Michelangelo

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

— Michelangelo

Faith in oneself... is the best and safest course.

— Michelangelo

Genius is eternal patience.

— Michelangelo

I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.

— Michelangelo

I am still learning.

— Michelangelo