A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking.
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.
The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.
Painting and sculpture, labour and good faith, have been my ruin and I continually go from bad to worse. Better it would have been for me if I had set myself to making matches in my youth. I should not be in such distress of mind.
The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.
A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking.
Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.
It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding.