James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Michael Angelo
Do not trouble yourself too much about the light on your statue; the light of the public square will test its value.To a young sculptor.
An artist must have his measuring tools, not in the hand, but in the eye.
Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.
Chi ama, qual chi muore / Non ha da gire al ciel dal mondo altr’ ale—He who loves, as well as he who dies, needs no other wing by which to soar from earth to heaven.
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one’s self, and become something of worth and value, is the best and safest course.
Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.