Quote of the Day

“The greatest danger is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”

• Michelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art. He was 23 years old when he sculpted La Pieta. One of the most famous sculptures of all time.