Quote by Benvenuto Cellini: “No matter how great the artist, there has been nothing impossible for him who has really tried.”

Greatness in art is not about magical talent — it is about total commitment. Cellini is making a bold claim: that genuine, all-out effort can overcome every obstacle. The impossible is only impossible for those who stop before they reach it.

Cellini began dictating his autobiography around 1558, towards the end of a turbulent life that included murder, imprisonment, papal pardon, and artistic triumphs across Italy and France. The book's bravado reflects the Renaissance celebration of individual achievement and self-creation.

Italian Renaissance goldsmith, sculptor, and writer whose autobiography is one of the most vivid and colourful self-portraits of any artist of the period. His bronze sculpture Perseus with the Head of Medusa, completed in 1554, stands in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence.