The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed.

To touch is to give life.

No thought is born in me that does not bear the image of death.

So now, from this mad passion Which made me take art for an idol and a king I have learnt the burden of error that it bore And what misfortune springs from man's desire... The world's frivolities have robbed me of the time That I was given for reflecting upon God.

A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking.