There is no need to create. Genius comes only to those who know how to use their eyes and their intelligence.

There is nothing ugly in art except that which is without character, that is to say, that which offers no outer or inner truth.

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

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

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.

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.

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