"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."
— Michelangelo

January 1, 1970

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The anecdote is also described in William Stanyon, Bible Stories & Parables, with a Lesson On, What is Religion? (1884), p. 18 but is only attributed to "a sculptor" and not to Michelangelo specifically.