A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

The best of artists hath no thought to show which the rough stone in its superfluous shell doth not include; to break the marble spell is all the hand that serves the brain can do.

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.

I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.

I live and love in God's peculiar light.

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

Do you know that women who are chaste remain much fresher than those who are not?