Quotes About Sculpting

In reality, all men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives trying to create a masterpiece.

time: It is beautiful when the Master chisels.

I saw the angel in the marble and I chiseled until I set it free. —Michelangelo

I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting.

Master Michelangelo once said that 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.' This is what we must do when we see an ignorant man: To set him free from the black marble we call ignorance!

The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.

The idea is there, locked inside, and all you have to do is remove the excess stone.

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

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

As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.

I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.

Hard is the stone but harder still, the delicate performing will which guided by a dream alone subdues and molds the hardest stone....

There is something deeply satisfying in shaping something with your hands. Proper artificing is like a song made solid. It is an act of creation.