The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.
I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.
Serene I fold my hands and wait.
Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.
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.
And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe, and his skin nobler than that of the sheep with which he is clothed.