Michelangelo
Sculptor, Painter, Architect, Poet
"An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create."
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Difficult Work
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Karl Lagerfeld
Fashion Designer, Photographer
"Clothes if they are not well cut, you can kill nobody. A building poorly built can kill people. It's a much more difficult work. I would not compare myself with that."
Ovid
Poet
"I attempt a difficult work; but there is no excellence without difficulty. [Lat., Ardua molimur; sed nulla nisi ardua virtus.]"
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