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.

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

My drawings are the result of my sculpture.

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

I believe that photography can create great works of art, but hitherto it has been extraordinarily bourgeois and babbling. (1908)

The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others.

Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages.