Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that beauty reflects a higher, divine source that connects us all.
Michelangelo expresses the idea that true beauty, as perceived by those who are insightful, is reminiscent of a celestial origin that unites humanity. He implies that the appreciation of beauty transcends individual experiences and points to a common divine source that is shared among all people.
In practice
During an art gallery opening, one might reference this quote to highlight the deeper meaning behind the artwork.
The art of creation lies in the gift of perceiving the particular and generalizing it, thus creating the particular again. It is therefore a powerful transforming force and a generator of creative solutions in relation to a given problem.
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.
Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom.
If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all, such I believe my love.
There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free.
If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes.
Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.
Give me such shows - give me the streets of Manhattan!
No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?
Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers.
I equate composing with orchestrating. I think my music in terms of an orchestra.
I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.
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