I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.

— Michelangelo

If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendor of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes.

— Michelangelo

If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

— Michelangelo

I live and love in God's peculiar light.

— Michelangelo

I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled 'til I set him free.

— Michelangelo

I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled until I set him free.

— Michelangelo

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

— Michelangelo

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

— Michelangelo

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

— Michelangelo

Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.

— Michelangelo