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!

Michelangelo

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Topic

Art and money

Author

Michelangelo

Source

Letters of Michelangelo

Medium

Letter

Language

Italian

Time

1542 1540s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Painter Sculptor Artist

From

Italy Europe

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Citation

Michelangelo. Letter to Luigi del Riccio. Oct./Nov. 1542.

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Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears.

Italo Calvino

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Cities

Author

Italo Calvino
Source
Invisible Cities
Medium
Novel
Language
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Time
1972 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Calvino, Italo. Le citta invisibili [Invisible Cities]. Giulio Einaudi, 1972.