Quotes by Michelangelo

“Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.”

“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.”

“Critique by creating.”

“Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.”

“Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly.”

“Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom.”

“The greatest risk to man is not that he aims to high and misses, but that he aims to low and hits.”