Artist quotes

“Beauty is the pur­ga­tion of super­fluities.” (Michelangelo)”My beard towards heaven, I feel my nape sup­port
The back of my head, I grow the breast of a harpy
And my brush as it drips con­tin­u­ally
Upon my face, makes it a gor­geous floor.”
(Michelangelo)

(Michelangelo)

(Leonardo da Vinci)

“A painter was asked why, since he made such beau­ti­ful fig­ures, which were but dead things, his chil­dren were so ugly; to which the painter replied that he made his pic­tures by day, and his chil­dren by night.”
(Leonardo da Vinci)