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.

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

Even with all the documents, you can never forge nature

What is drawing? Not once in describing the shape of the mass did I shift my eyes from the model. Why? Because I wanted to be sure that nothing evaded my grasp of it... My objective is to test to what extent my hands already feel what my eyes see.

Black is the queen of colours.

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

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.