On the Hidden Pain of Greatness

If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni(6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.

Originally published on The Minot Voice: June 24, 2015