"I have never ceased to be a student."

"Why then should I clothe him to make him look ridiculous in the foolish masculine fashions of his time? There is nothing more banal than these statues of recent notabilities, to be seen in every big c…"

"The artist is merely a machine to register movements."

"Ah, my dear Gsell, you wish to jot down an artist's musings. Let me look at you! You really are an extraordinary man!"

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."