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In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously. ↗

— Pras Michel

#better #feel #grow #grown #i

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? ↗

— Michelangelo

#blind #cannot #clothed #empty #fact

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. ↗

— Michelangelo

#divine #perfection #shadow #true #work

I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. ↗

— Michelangelo

#art #extend #given #god #i

Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven. ↗

— Michelangelo

#death #good #good man #heaven #love

If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes. ↗

— Michelangelo

#beauty #day #end #eyes #flame

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

— Michelangelo

#always #desire #grant #i #i can

If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel. ↗

— Bette Midler

#eye #granted #i #if i could #jewel

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all. ↗

— Michelangelo

#hard #how #i #knew #mastery

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

— Michelangelo

#accomplish #always #desire #i #i can