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Lodovico Buonarroti, Michelangelo's father, he was a extremely wealthy man, he could not understand the pure perfection of his son at all, so he would beat him. No child of his was gonna use his hands for a living. So Michelangelo learned not to use his hands. Years later, a visiting to city prince came into Michelangelo's studio and found the master staring at a single 5,5 metres block of marble. Then prince he knew the rumors were true. Michelangelo had come in every day for the past four months, stared at the marble and he was returned home. So the prince asked the obvious, "What are you doing Michelangelo?" and Michelangelo turned around to prince and looked at him. Then whispered... "I'm working..."
Three years later, that block of marble was the Statue of David.