Aristide Maillol

To understand art, you must feel it with your body.

Every curve has a meaning.

I want to make art that is calm, serene, eternal.

The most difficult thing is to finish a work.

I am a sculptor of the earth, of the flesh.

Art is a necessity, like bread and water.

I have always been faithful to my vision.

The true artist is one who sees the beauty in everything.

My art is a celebration of life.

I die content, having done my work.

Sculpture must be calm and monumental, without any restlessness.

I do not copy nature; I create forms that suggest it.

The female body is the source of all beauty in art.

Art is the expression of harmony in form.

To sculpt is to seek the eternal in the ephemeral.

I work with clay as a poet works with words.

Beauty is not in the eye, but in the balance of proportions.

Life is short, but sculpture endures.

Rodin's passion is admirable, but I prefer serenity.

The nude reveals the soul's geometry.