“The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.”

“A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results.”

“Everyone's opinions about things change over time. Nothing is constant. Everything changes. And to hold onto some dogged idea forever is a little rigid and maybe naive.”

“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.”