Painting and sculpture, hard work and fair dealing have been my ruin and things go continually from bad to worse. It would have been better had I been put to making matches in my youth than to be in such a fret!

Michelangelo

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Topic

Art and money

Author

Michelangelo

Source

Letters of Michelangelo

Medium

Letter

Language

Italian

Time

1542 1540s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Painter Sculptor Artist

From

Italy Europe

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Citation

Michelangelo. Letter to Luigi del Riccio. Oct./Nov. 1542.

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Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do
What then thou would'st.

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Words vs. actions
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Samson

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John Milton
Genre
Tragedy (play) Tragedy
Language
English
Time
1671 1670s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 1104.

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Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 1104.

Another quote originally in Italian

A life in which the gods are not invited is not worth living. It will be quieter, but there won't be any stories.

Roberto Calasso

The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

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Topic
Disenchanted world

Author

Roberto Calasso
Source
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
Language
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Time
1988 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Calasso, Robert. Le nozze di Cadmo e Armonia [The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmonia]. Adelphi Edizioni, 1988, ch. 12.