What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things.

Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.

The work of art expresses precisely those things which do not die. It must do so, however, in a form that bears witness to the artist's own era.

The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible.

Simplicity is complexity resolved

Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them.

In art, one does not aim for simplicity; one achieves it unintentionally as one gets closer to the real meaning of things.