Man enjoys living on the edge of his dreams and neglects the real things of the world which are so beautiful. The ignorant and indifferent destroy beautiful things merely by looking at the marble. Things that remake the soul of him who understands them.

There should be no argument in regard to morality in art. There is no morality in nature.

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.

If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he deserves no admiration. The resemblance which he ought to obtain is that of the soul.

An artist worthy of the name should express all the truth of nature, not only the exterior truth, but also, and above all, the inner truth.

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

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