Black is the queen of colours.

If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he deserves no admiration. The resemblance which he ought to obtain is that of the soul.

The nude alone is well dressed

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.

Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.

I invent nothing, I rediscover.

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