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

The delicate droop of the petals standing out in relief, is like the eyelid of a child.

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

It is the artist who is truthful and it is photography which lies, for in reality time does not stop

A mediocre man copying nature will never produce a work of art, because he really looks without seeing, and though he may have noted each detail minutely, the result will be flat and without character... the artist on the contrary, sees; that is to say, his eye, grafted on his heart, reads deeply into the bosom of nature.

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

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.