"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
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Age
More From Michelangelo
- "I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all."
- "Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle."
- "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."
More In Age
- "Marriage is not about age; it’s about finding the right person."― Sophia Bush
- "In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss."― Salman Rushdie
- "I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began."― John Henrik Clarke