.. title: The Agony and the Ecstasy
.. slug: the-agony-and-the-ecstasy
.. date: 2008-12-13 15:34:00
.. tags: books, literature, biography, michelangelo
.. category: Books
.. description: Reflection on a quote from Irving Stone's biographical novel about Michelangelo

That night, as he lay sleepless in bed, he thought. *"Life has bee good. God did not create me to abandon me. I have loved marble, yes and paint too. I have loved architecture, and poetry too. I have loved my family and my friends. I have loved God the forms of the earth and the heavens, and people too. I have loved life to the full, and now I love death as its natural termination. Il Magnifico would be happy: for me, the forces of destruction never overcame creativity"*

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