What Is Real Is Not The External

To See Far Is One Thing, Going There Is Another.

The Function Of Art Is To Make That Understood Which In The Form Of Argument Would Be Incomprehensible.

I Refused [to Study Under Rodin] Because Nothing Grows Under Large Trees.

I Do Not Aspire To Be In Fashion. For What Is In Fashion, Goes Out Of Fashion If, On The Contrary, Your Work Is Contested Today, It Doesn't Matter. For When It Is Finally Understood, It Will Be For Eternity.

Don't Look For Obscure Formulas Or Mystery In My Work. It Is Pure Joy That I Offer You. Look At My Sculptures Until You See Them. Those Closest To God Have Seen Them.