It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

When they asked Michelangelo how he made his statue of David he is reported to have said, "It is easy. You just chip away the stone that doesn't look like David.

The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.

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

A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking.

Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!