The artist has only to trust his eyes.

The body always expresses the spirit whose envelope it is. And for him who can see, the nude offers the richest meaning.

What is commonly called ugliness in nature can in art become full of beauty.

In short, Beauty is everywhere. It is not that she is lacking to our eye, but our eyes which fail to perceive her. Beauty is character and expression. Well, there is nothing in nature which has more character than the human body. In its strength and its grace it evokes the most varied images. One moment it resembles a flower: the bending torso is the stalk; the breasts, the head, and the splendor of the hair answer to the blossoming of the corolla. The next moment it recalls the pliant creeper, or the proud and upright sapling.

There is no need to create. Genius comes only to those who know how to use their eyes and their intelligence.

Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight.

Even with all the documents, you can never forge nature