MICHELANGELO'S
BROAD YARD
Some drunken pope or another, shouting 'Buonarroti,
you're only as good as your last marble cut in the eyes
of this age-old God! Your last chisel-strike! Your last
Pieta!' Then he threw down his soiled rag and wiped
out the chalice and cup. Michelangelo Buonarroti
replied: 'I am no Salazar, walking with a wound, holding
my side in pain or grimacing with blood. I know my meanings
and I know my marks.' And then he turned, and said: 'This
chisel, this chisel that cuts, it only cuts once.'
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