The body always expresses the spirit whose envelope it is. And for him who can see, the nude offers the richest meaning.

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

Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.

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

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.

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.

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.