The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
¶ (Attributed)
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Michelangelo (1475-1564) Italian artist and architect
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
¶ (Attributed)
If people knew how hard I work to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem too wonderful after all.
¶ (Attributed)
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
¶ (Attributed)
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