There is nothing ugly in art except that which is without character, that is to say, that which offers no outer or inner truth.

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.

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

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.

The nude alone is well dressed

There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.