VITTORIA COLONNA 

DEFINITION OF MICHELANGELO’S GENIUS
IN A LETTER TO HIM

 

Your creations enforce improve the judgement of the beholder. To clarify my point, I spoke of the improvement of perfect things. Having seen omnia possibilia sunt credenti, I put my trust in God that he should give you the supernatural grace to make this Crucified and he appeared to me so miraculous that your work surpassed my expectations by far. Encouraged by your miracles, I requested what I see accomplished now in a most astonishing manner, namely, what shows highest accomplishment in all parts, so that nothing remains to be desired.
In truth, it is a work of such perfection that my desire cannot reach it at all.

Vittoria Colonna