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

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

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

There should be no argument in regard to morality in art. There is no morality in nature.

The nude alone is well dressed

Man enjoys living on the edge of his dreams and neglects the real things of the world which are so beautiful. The ignorant and indifferent destroy beautiful things merely by looking at the marble. Things that remake the soul of him who understands them.