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The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.
Approximate author period: c. 1519 AD · renaissance
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- Michelangelo
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- Approximate author period: c. 1519 AD · renaissance
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