I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied.

Michelangelo

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Topic

Art

Author

Michelangelo

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Understatement

Language

Italian

Time

1512 1510s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Painter Sculptor Artist

From

Italy Europe

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Michelangelo. Letter to his father. Oct. 1512.

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The greatness of art, like poetry or music, is that it is totally unnecessary.

Christo

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Topic
Art for art's sake Art

Author

Christo
Source
D Magazine
Medium
Interview
Language
English
Time
2011 2010s 21st century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Christo. "Interview: Christo On the Freedom of Unnecessary Art." Interviewed by Peter Simek. D Magazine, 24 Feb. 2011.

Another quote from European Renaissance

How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

William Shakespeare

Othello

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Topic
Healing Impatience Patience
Speaker
Iago

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Othello
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1604 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Othello. King's Men, 1 Nov. 1604, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Othello." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 3.

Another quote originally in Italian

As always, victory will have a hundred fathers, but defeat will never be acknowledged by anyone at all.

Galeazzo Ciano

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Topic
Taking credit Winning and losing Winning Losing

Author

Galeazzo Ciano
Medium
Personal journal
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Italian
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ciano, Galeazzo. Diary entry. 9 Sept. 1942.