Michelangelo

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

— Michelangelo

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

— Michelangelo

I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.

— Michelangelo

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

— Michelangelo

Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.

— Michelangelo

Genius is eternal patience.

— Michelangelo

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

— Michelangelo

Everything hurts.

— Michelangelo

The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.

— Michelangelo

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful that the garment with which it is clothed?

— Michelangelo

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

— Michelangelo