Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
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It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.Michelangelo
The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.
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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.
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The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.
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I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
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Everything hurts.
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