#w

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. ↗

— Michelangelo

#aim #danger #falling #greater #high

Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him. ↗

— Michelangelo

#been #believe #designated #give #god

Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come. ↗

— Michelangelo

#beauty #celestial #come #else #every

The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone. ↗

— Michelangelo

#artist #best #break #contained #figures

Men don't have to tiptoe around me - you can say anything and I won't get offended. ↗

— Michael Michele

#around #get #i #me #men

Any film I've made, I've only really begun to understand in the cutting room. That's when the story shows itself to you, like a wreck coming out of the sea. ↗

— Roger Michell

#begun #coming #cutting #cutting room #film

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. ↗

— James A. Michener

#human #human emotions #i #i love #love

The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination. ↗

— James A. Michener

#experience #great #imagination #like #limited

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#always #body #destroying #difficult #mind

France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything. ↗

— Adam Michnik

#anything #both #cowboys #culture #dominating