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

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

"Rodin is himself a cathedral."

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

"I know very well that one must fight, for one is often in contradiction to the spirit of the age."

"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…"