Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
Michelangelo
Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime.
Jean Cocteau
True leaders are like statues, whether it rains or it shines, they never bend their necks to look backwards! They never run away from challenges!”
Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
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 have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.
Michelangelo
When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.
Pythagoras
