"Creativity takes courage."

"My models, you see, are not there to be admired, but to be interpreted."

"An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc."

"I think that art must not be a disagreeable thing. There is enough unhappiness in life to turn one towards the joy."

"An artist must possess nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare him for the mastery of the great universal rhythm."