There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.

Drawing is . . . not an exercise of particular dexterity, but above all a means of expressing intimate feelings and moods.

Precision is not reality

An artist must not feel under any constraint.

All art worthy of the name is religious.

Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.

If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as little as possible, so as not to lose the objective charm which it naturally possesses.