The Artist Has Only To

In Front Of The Model I Work With The Same Will To Reproduce Truth As If I Were Making A Portrait. I Do Not Correct Nature, I Incorporate Myself Into It; It Directs Me. I Can Only Work With A Model. The Sight Of Human Forms Nourishes And Comforts Me.

I Grant You That The Artist Does Not See Nature As She Appears To The Vulgar, Because His Emotion Reveals To Him The Hidden Truths Beneath Appearances.

The Human Body Is First And Foremost A Mirror To The Soul And Its Greatest Beauty Comes From That.

The Artist Must Create A Spark Before He Can Make A Fire And Before Art Is Born, The Artist Must Be Ready To Be Consumed By The Fire Of His Own Creation.

What Is Commonly Called Ugliness In Nature Can In Art Become Full Of Beauty.