“An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.”

“There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.”

“A plagiarist steals from one person. A true artist steals from everybody.”

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”

“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”

“I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.”

“Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things.”