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I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied.

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Michelangelo. Letter to his father. Oct. 1512.

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The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.

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Michelangelo. Sonnet to Vittoria Collana. c. 1525, l. 5.

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The marble not yet carved can hold the form
Of every thought the greatest artist has.

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Michelangelo. Non ha l' ottimo artista [The Lover and the Sculptor]. c. 1623.

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Michelangelo. "Sonnet 15: The Lover and the Sculptor." Sonnets, translated by Elizabeth Jennings. Routledge, 2002.

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If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all, such I believe my love.

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Michelangelo. Madrigals. c. 1525.

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Painting and sculpture, hard work and fair dealing have been my ruin and things go continually from bad to worse. It would have been better had I been put to making matches in my youth than to be in such a fret!

I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied.

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The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.

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The marble not yet carved can hold the form Of every thought the greatest artist has.

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If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all, such I believe my love.

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Painting and sculpture, hard work and fair dealing have been my ruin and things go continually from bad to worse. It would have been better had I been put to making matches in my youth than to be in such a fret!

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The marble not yet carved can hold the form
Of every thought the greatest artist has.