“The sacred formula of positivism: love as a principle, the order as a foundation, and progress as a goal.”

“Religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown under proper education.”

“In art, immorality cannot exist. Art is always sacred.”

“Original, in French: La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur. English: Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.”

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

“The more they measure, the more they realize how much the Greeks departed from regular and banal lines in order to produce their effect.”

“Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.”