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.

I believe that photography can create great works of art, but hitherto it has been extraordinarily bourgeois and babbling. (1908)

It is the artist who is truthful and it is photography which lies, for in reality time does not stop

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

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.

I have unbounded admiration for the nude. I worship it like a god.

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