Michelangelo Buonarroti

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

Trifles go to make perfection,
And perfection is no trifle.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

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

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

- Michelangelo Buonarroti