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.

And still I am learning.

He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture.

I live and love in God's peculiar light.

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.

Genius is eternal patience.

Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.