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

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.

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

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.

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

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