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Michelangelo – mastery

Mind Quote / Caprese, Italy / 1475 – 1564 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City / LoadingBookmark / Print /
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If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery,

it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.

– Michelangelo

 

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