What is commonly called ugliness in nature can in art become full of beauty.

There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.

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.

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

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

He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist.

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