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

Non ha I ottimo artista alcun concetto, Ch’ un marmo solo in sè non circonscriva Col suo soverchio ; e solo a quello arriva La man che ubbidisce all’ intelletto.

Michelangelo

More information about this quote

Topic

Untapped potential Art

Author

Michelangelo

Source

Sonnet 15

Medium

Poem

Language

Italian

Time

1564 1560s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Painter Sculptor Artist

From

Italy Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Michelangelo about untapped potential: “The marble not yet carved can hold the form Of every thought the…”
Download
A quote by Michelangelo about untapped potential: “The marble not yet carved can hold the form Of every thought the…”
Download
A quote by Michelangelo about untapped potential: “The marble not yet carved can hold the form Of every thought the…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote about Art

Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires.

Pablo Picasso

More information about this quote
Topic
Painting Art
Speaker
Pablo Picasso
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 6.

Another quote from European Renaissance

Who overcomes
By force hath overcome but half his foe.

John Milton

Paradise Lost

Buy Paradise Lost at Amazon Buy Paradise Lost at Amazon
Read Paradise Lost at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Partial victory Persuasion
Speaker
Satan

Author

John Milton
Source
Paradise Lost
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem Religious literature
Language
English
Time
1667 1660s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 1, I. 648.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, I. 648.

Another quote originally in Italian

We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty.

Benito Mussolini

More information about this quote
Topic
Fascism

Author

Benito Mussolini
Language
Italian
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Mussolini, Benito. "Forza e consenso [Strength and Consent]." Da Gerarchia. Mar. 1923.

Current Citation

Casanova, Giacomo. History of My Life, vols. 1-2, translated by William Trask. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997, preface.