"You would not believe my suffering... Death would be sweeter... I can't go another day without seeing you. Atrocious …"

"For my taste, sculpture should have as little movement as possible.. ..Rodin himself remains quiet; he puts movement …"

"Rodin is himself a cathedral."

"The artist must learn the difference between the appearance of an object and the interpretation of this object throug…"

"Art is complex, I said to Rodin, who smiled because he felt that I was struggling with nature.. ..the beauty of Rodin…"

"My sculpture is altogether different from Rodin’s.. ..In sculpture he [Rodin] always sees the flesh first."

"In art, immorality cannot exist. Art is always sacred even when it takes for a subject the worst excesses of desire; …"

"Patience is also a form of action."

"The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist."

"Homeric mind is ingenuity, practical intelligence. There is no Rodin-like deep thinking, no mathematical or philosoph…"