Quotes by Michelangelo

Michelangelo (1475–1564) — Künstler · Katholisch · Italien

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) war ein italienischer Bildhauer, Maler, Baumeister und Dichter der Hochrenaissance, der vor allem in Florenz und Rom wirkte. Bekannt für biblische Bildwerke wie die Fresken der Sixtinischen Kapelle und die Skulptur des David, verstand er künstlerische Schönheit als Abglanz göttlicher Schöpfung, rief jedoch mit den Nacktdarstellungen im „Jüngsten Gericht“ auch kirchliche Kritik hervor. Für Bibelleser spiegeln seine Werke und späten Gedichte die theologische Auseinandersetzung mit Gottes Schöpfungshandeln sowie das persönliche Ringen um Gnade und Erlösung am Kreuz wider.

Era: Reformation & Baroque

Recurring topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Faith & Trust, Hope & Confidence, Time & Transience, Wisdom & Understanding, Love, Humility & Pride, Work & Vocation

Quotes by Michelangelo

God did not create us to abandon us.

Michelangelo

I am not dead, I only change spaces, I live in you and walk through your dreams.

Michelangelo

The sun is but a shadow of God.

Michelangelo

True painting is but an image of God's perfection, a shadow of the brush with which he paints, a melody striving toward harmony.

Michelangelo

Love is the pair of wings God has given the soul to rise to him.

Michelangelo

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

Michelangelo

Whoever arms themselves with love overcomes anger, misery, tyranny, and misfortune.

Michelangelo

Nothing makes the soul so devout and pure as the effort to create something perfect; for God is perfection, and whoever strives for it strives for the divine. Art belongs to no country; it comes from God.

Michelangelo

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Michelangelo

No loss is greater than wasted time.

Michelangelo

In striving to create a perfect work, we find ourselves drawing nearer to God.

Michelangelo

You gave the eternal spirit its poor shell, You sent it forth into temporality, that its destiny might thus be fulfilled. Turn to it with your grace: help it, O Lord, to gather strength and rise; its salvation lies wholly in your hand.

Michelangelo

I believe more in prayers than in medicines.

Michelangelo

The most genuine thing about every person is their flaws.

Michelangelo

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