The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!

The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others.

Patience is also a form of action.

Where shall we begin? There is no beginning. Start where you arrive. Stop before what entices you. And work! You will enter little by little into the entirety. Method will be born in proportion to your interest.

I would have to talk for a year to repeat a single on of my works with words.

Mystery is like a kind of atmosphere which bathes the greatest works of the masters.

Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages.