To The Artist There Is Never Anything

To The Artist There Is Never Anything Ugly In Nature

Mere Exactitude, Of Which Photography And Moulage [life Casting] Are The Lowest Forms, Does Not Inspire Feelings.

True Artists Are Almost The Only Men Who Do Their Work For Pleasure.

I Choose A Block Of Marble And Chop Off Whatever I Don't Need.

An Artist Worthy Of The Name Should Express All The Truth Of Nature, Not Only The Exterior Truth, But Also, And Above All, The Inner Truth.