“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
英语
“我在大理石中看到了天使，于是不断雕刻直到将他释放。”
“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”
英语
“每块石头内部都有一尊雕像，雕塑家的任务就是发现它。”
引自乔尔乔·瓦萨里《艺苑名人传》
“I am still learning.”
英语
“我仍在学习。”
据传为87岁时所言，广泛引用
常以意大利语"Ancora imparo"被引用
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
英语
“对大多数人来说，最大的危险不是目标定得太高而达不到，而是目标定得太低并且达到了。”