There Is Nothing Ugly In Art Except

To The Artist There Is Never Anything Ugly In Nature

The Sculptor Represents The Transition From One Pose To Another He Indicates How Insensibly The First Glides Into The Second. In His Work We Still See A Part Of What Was And We Discover A Part Of What Is To Be.

A Mediocre Man Copying Nature Will Never Produce A Work Of Art, Because He Really Looks Without Seeing, And Though He May Have Noted Each Detail Minutely, The Result Will Be Flat And Without Character... The Artist On The Contrary, Sees; That Is To Say, His Eye, Grafted On His Heart, Reads Deeply Into The Bosom Of Nature.

I Know Very Well That One Must Fight, For One Is Often In Contradiction To The Spirit Of The Age.

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.