I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
Your greatness is measured by your horizons.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
I am still learning.
Genius is eternal patience.
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.
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
I live and love in God's peculiar light.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how...
I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.