The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

The artist has only to trust his eyes.

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

An artist worthy of the name should express all the truth of nature, not only the exterior truth, but also, and above all, the inner truth.

There should be no argument in regard to morality in art. There is no morality in nature.

Patience is also a form of action.