Benvenuto Cellini Quotes

I say that the art of sculpture is eight times as great as any other art based on drawing, because a statue has eight views and they must all be equally good.

Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up her sleeve when she wants to ruin a man.

All works of nature created by God in heaven and on earth are works of sculpture.

One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.

Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet.

There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.

Cats of good breed hunt better fat than lean.

Laws cannot be imposed on him who is the master of the law.

The laws can't be enforced against the man who is the laws' master.

When the poor give to the rich, the devil laughs.