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

The sculptor represents the transition from one pose to another he indicates how insensibly the first glides into the second. In his work we still see a part of what was and we discover a part of what is to be.

In art, immorality cannot exist. Art is always sacred.

There is no need to create. Genius comes only to those who know how to use their eyes and their intelligence.

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 am like a moon that shines on an immense, unknown sea where ships never pass

Even with all the documents, you can never forge nature