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

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

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

Lorenzo de' Medici seeks highly skilled, aesthetically oriented individual to conceive and implement several major public projects. You are a generalist with sound training in structural engineering, synthesis of pigments and Christian iconography. Some climbing involved

Your greatness is measured by your horizons.