He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist.
One must work, nothing but work, and one must have patience.
The more simple we are, the more complete we become.
The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.
The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!
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.