The Artist Has Only To Trust His

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 Believe That Photography Can Create Great Works Of Art, But Hitherto It Has Been Extraordinarily Bourgeois And Babbling. (1908)

Man's Naked Form Belongs To No Particular Moment In History; It Is Eternal, And Can Be Looked Upon With Joy By The People Of All Ages.

The Artist Has Only To Trust His Eyes.

Art Is The Pleasure Of A Spirit That Enters Nature And Discovers That It Too Has A Soul.