Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!

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

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.

I would have to talk for a year to repeat a single on of my works with words.

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.