Amedeo Modigliani

In art, nothing is more beautiful than the human figure.

I am an artist before everything else.

Beauty is in the elongation of the soul.

Life is a dream, and art is its echo.

The model is nothing but a pretext for my emotions.

Paris is the only place where one can be an artist.

My portraits are not likenesses, but dreams.

Sculpture is the art of the absent.

I seek the nobility of the line.

Love is the only reality.

Art must be a revelation.

I am possessed by the demon of creation.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

In my work, I deform to express the soul.

Freedom is the artist's true canvas.

I live for the line, the curve, the form.

Genius is eternal patience.

The nude is the purest form of art.

My heart is in every stroke.

Art is the lie that tells the truth.