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

What is drawing? Not once in describing the shape of the mass did I shift my eyes from the model. Why? Because I wanted to be sure that nothing evaded my grasp of it... My objective is to test to what extent my hands already feel what my eyes see.

Man enjoys living on the edge of his dreams and neglects the real things of the world which are so beautiful. The ignorant and indifferent destroy beautiful things merely by looking at the marble. Things that remake the soul of him who understands them.

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.

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

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

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