Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this wo…

Michelangelo
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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. ✨ Barbara A. Somervill, Michelangelo Buonarroti (2005). Michelangelo: Sculptor and Painter, p.80, Capstone
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Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.
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.
With few words I shall make thee understand my soul.
The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.
As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch, The stone unhewn and cold, Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows. ✨ Michelangelo's sonnet addressed to Vittori … ▶

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. ✨ Barbara A. Somervill, Michelangelo Buonarroti (2005). Michelangelo: Sculptor and Painter, p.80, Capstone

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