“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
As commonly credited to Michelangelo
- Credited to
- Michelangelo
- Actually said by
- Unknown
Findings
Widely attributed, but of uncertain provenance. A potential origin is Michelangelo’s own poetry.
The original
“The best of artists hath no thought to show / Which the rough stone in its superfluous shell / Doth not include: to break the marble spell / Is all the hand that serves the brain can do.”