The Only Principle In Art Is To

There Is No Need To Create. Genius Comes Only To Those Who Know How To Use Their Eyes And Their Intelligence.

Where Shall We Begin? There Is No Beginning. Start Where You Arrive. Stop Before What Entices You. And Work! You Will Enter Little By Little Into The Entirety. Method Will Be Born In Proportion To Your Interest.

Art Is Contemplation. It Is The Pleasure Of The Mind Which Searches Into Nature And Which There Divines The Spirit Of Which Nature Herself Is Animated.

If We Now Seek The Spiritual Significance Of The Technique Of Michelangelo We Shall Find That His Sculpture Expressed Restless Energy.

Where Did I Learn To Understand Sculpture? In The Woods By Looking At The Trees, Along Roads By Observing The Formation Of Clouds, In The Studio By Studying The Model, Everywhere Except In The Schools.