He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist.

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

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

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

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.

There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.

Where did I learn to understand sculpture? In the woods by looking at the trees, along roads by observing the formation of clouds, in the studio by studying the model, everywhere except in the schools.