There's no love without pain.

Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.

There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe it turns out that was wrong, but still you would have done his, and it is most important.

He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us.

It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.