“In front of the model, I work with the same desire to copy the truth as if I were making a portrait; I do not correct nature, I incorporate myself into her; she leads me. I can work only from a model. The sight of the human form fortifies and nourishes me.”
“The artist is the confidant of nature; flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs toward him. “
What is commonly called ugliness in nature can in art become full of beauty.
“There is nothing ugly in art except that which is without character, that is to say, that which offers no outer or inner truth.”
“If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he deserves no admiration. The resemblance which he ought to obtain is that of the soul.”
“Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and there defines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.”
“What is this drawing? Not once in describing the shape of that mass did I shift my eyes from the model. Why? Because I wanted to be sure that nothing evaded my grasp of it… My objective is to test to what extent my hands already feel what my eyes see.”
Source: art quotes
Sila Blume 
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