If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he deserves no admiration. The resemblance which he ought to obtain is that of the soul.
Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.
Patience is also a form of action.
I have unbounded admiration for the nude. I worship it like a god.
True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.
To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.