Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.
The delicate droop of the petals standing out in relief, is like the eyelid of a child.
I have unbounded admiration for the nude. I worship it like a god.
He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist.
The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others.
Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.