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I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.
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Jun 22, 2014 · Dear Quote Investigator: There is an unlikely tale about the brilliant Renaissance artist Michelangelo. He was asked about the difficulties that he must have encountered in sculpting his masterpiece David. But he replied with an unassuming and comical description of his creative process: It is easy.
- “If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.” ― Michelangelo Buonarroti.
- “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.” ― Michelangelo Buonarroti.
- “If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius. ” ― Michelangelo Buonarroti.
- “Genius is eternal patience. ” ― Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Famous Quotes by Michelangelo. Genius is eternal patience. Faith in oneself is the best and safest course. A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
Michelangelo's Statue of David is the perfection of the most famous sculpture in Florence and, perhaps, in all the world. In 1501 Michelangelo was commissioned to create the David by the Arte della Lana (Guild of Wool Merchant), who were responsible for the upkeep and the decoration of the Cathedral in Florence.
At the Accademia Gallery, you can admire from a short distance the perfection of the most famous statue in Florence and, perhaps, in all the world: Michelangelo’s David. This astonishing Renaissance sculpture was created between 1501 and 1504 .
David fills the role of Zechariah's shepherd, and is, indeed, the ancestor of the Good Shepherd. Vigerio celebrates the great victory of the shepherd boy in the Christian Decachord; his beheading of Goliath had from the days of St. Augustine signified Christ's triumph over Satan.
