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

Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.

The sculptor represents the transition from one pose to another he indicates how insensibly the first glides into the second. In his work we still see a part of what was and we discover a part of what is to be.

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

Where did I learn to understand sculpture? In the woods by looking at the trees, along roads by observing the formation of clouds, in the studio by studying the model, everywhere except in the schools.

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

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