'The sculptor does
not work for the anatomist, but for the common observer of life
and nature.'
— John Ruskin, True and Beautiful. Sculpture
'Sculpture is more divine, and more like Nature, That fashions
all her works in high relief, And that is sculpture.
This vast ball, the Earth, Was moulded out of clay, and baked in
fire; Men, women, and all animals that breathe
Are statues, and not paintings. Even the plants, The flowers,
the fruits, the grasses, were first sculptured,
And coloured later. Painting is a lie, A shadow merely.'
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Michael Angelo a dramatic poem
'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set it
free.'
— Michelangelo
'My love life is terrible. The last time I was inside a woman
was when I visited the Statue of Liberty.'
— Woody Allen, Crimes and Misdemeanors
