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I Grant You That The Artist Does Not See Nature As She Appears To The Vulgar, Because His Emotion Reveals To Him The Hidden Truths Beneath Appearances.

Art Is The Pleasure Of A Spirit That Enters Nature And Discovers That It Too Has A Soul.

True Artists Are Almost The Only Men Who Do Their Work For Pleasure.

Mere Exactitude, Of Which Photography And Moulage [life Casting] Are The Lowest Forms, Does Not Inspire Feelings.

The Body Always Expresses The Spirit Whose Envelope It Is. And For Him Who Can See, The Nude Offers The Richest Meaning.