The realities of nature surpass our most ambitious dreams.

One must work, nothing but work, and one must have patience.

The nude alone is well dressed

The delicate droop of the petals standing out in relief, is like the eyelid of a child.

Recently I have taken to isolating limbs, the torso. Why am I blamed for it? Why is the head allowed and not portions of the body? Every part of the human figure is expressive.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

I invent nothing, I rediscover.