"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

06 March 2018

Happy birthday, Michelangelo.

Michelangelo, David (detail), 1504


Michelangelo Buonarotti was born on this day in 1475.

Poets and painters have the power to dare -- to dare to do whatever they may approve of.

Michelangelo Buonarotti

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