Freedom Is Only Granted Us

Painting With All Its Technicalities, Difficulties, And Peculiar Ends, Is Nothing But A Noble And Expressive Language, Invaluable As The Vehicle Of Thought, But By Itself Nothing.

A Man Is Born An Artist As A Hippopotamus Is Born A Hippopotamus; And You Can No More Make Yourself One Than You Can Make Yourself A Giraffe.

When We Build, Let Us Think That We Build Forever.

The Sculptor Does Not Work For The Anatomist, But For The Common Observer Of Life And Nature.

All Great Art Is The Work Of The Whole Living Creature, Body And Soul, And Chiefly Of The Soul.