Mere exactitude, of which photography and moulage [life casting] are the lowest forms, does not inspire feelings.

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

I have unbounded admiration for the nude. I worship it like a god.

I am like a moon that shines on an immense, unknown sea where ships never pass

Nobody does good to men with impunity.

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist.