Every Act Of Creation Is First An

I Imitate Everyone Except Myself.

In Art, Practice Always Comes Before Theory.

Why Should I Copy This Owl, This Sea Urchin? Why Should I Try To Imitate Nature? I Might Just As Well Try To Trace A Perfect Circle.

Let Them Understand Above All That The Artist Works From Necessity; That He, Too, Is A Minute Element Of The World To Whom One Should Ascribe No More Importance Than So Many Things In Nature Which Charm Us But Which We Do Not Explain To Ourselves.

To Arrive At Abstraction, It Is Always Necessary To Begin With A Concrete Reality.