True Artists Are Almost The Only Men

There Should Be No Argument In Regard To Morality In Art. There Is No Morality In Nature.

Man's Naked Form Belongs To No Particular Moment In History; It Is Eternal, And Can Be Looked Upon With Joy By The People Of All Ages.

An Artist Worthy Of The Name Should Express All The Truth Of Nature, Not Only The Exterior Truth, But Also, And Above All, The Inner Truth.

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

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.