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

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

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.

I believe that photography can create great works of art, but hitherto it has been extraordinarily bourgeois and babbling. (1908)

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

The nude alone is well dressed