I would have to talk for a year to repeat a single on of my works with words.
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!
I have unbounded admiration for the nude. I worship it like a god.
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.
What is commonly called ugliness in nature can in art become full of beauty.