He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture.
The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
Can't you see the angel imprisoned in the block of stone trying to get out? I am trying to free him
No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life.
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.