If I love in thee, beloved, only what thou lovest most, do not be angry; for so one spirit is enamoured of another.

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?

If there is some good in me, it is because I was born in the subtle atmosphere of your country of Arezzo. Along with the milk of my nurse I received the knack of handling chisel and hammer, with which I make my figures.

Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.

Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he holds a great treasure.

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

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.