I give my soul to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possessions to my nearest of kin, charging them to remember the sufferings of Jesus Christ.
He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture.
There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
I was never the kind of painter or sculptor who kept a shop.
If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius.
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.