If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

Author: Michelangelo

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The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Genius is eternal patience.

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Love is when two people know everything about each other and are still friends.

I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.