Michelangelo Buonarroti: Handful

Michelangelo Buonarroti was Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet. Explore interesting quotes on handful.
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“The greatest artist does not have any concept
Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain
Within its excess, though only
A hand that obeys the intellect can discover it.”

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Source: I Sonetti Di Michelangelo: The 78 Sonnets of Michelangelo with Verse Translation

“It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.”

Michelangelo Buonarroti