One must work, nothing but work, and one must have patience.

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

An artist worthy of the name should express all the truth of nature, not only the exterior truth, but also, and above all, the inner truth.

One must work, nothing but work, and one must have patience.

Mere exactitude, of which photography and moulage [life casting] are the lowest forms, does not inspire feelings.

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

True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.