No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.

Some think that they know everybody, but they really don't know themselves.

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

Art is embedded in nature and they who can extract it, have it.

No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.