In every block of marble i see a statue as plain as though it stood before me shaped and perfect in attitude and action.
In every block of marble michaelangelo.
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I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.
Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
The gifted sculptor replied i saw the angel in the marble and carved until i set him free in his opinion every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it he added in every block of marble i see a statue as plain as though it stood before me shaped and perfect in attitude and action.
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until i set him free often i feel like a dense block of stone and act like one too.
I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.
Angel in the marble.
It was michelangelo who said.
Every block of stone has a statue inside michelangelo artisans working in marble historical photograph pietrasanta by ilario bessi from his book.