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.

Patience is also a form of action.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

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

Recently I have taken to isolating limbs, the torso. Why am I blamed for it? Why is the head allowed and not portions of the body? Every part of the human figure is expressive.

Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.

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