Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with nothing beyond their physical occupations... it is as if you were looking through a keyhole.

Be sure to give the same expression to a person's face that you give to his body.

The frame is the reward of the artist.

Your pictures would have been finished a long time ago if I were not forced every day to do something to earn money.

He once said that he wished to be famous, but unknown.

Instantaneity is photography.

C'est vrai. Voilá quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).