Author: Auguste Rodin

Quotes

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

- Auguste Rodin

True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.

True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.

- Auguste Rodin

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

- Auguste Rodin

Nobody does good to men with impunity.

Nobody does good to men with impunity.

- Auguste Rodin

To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.

To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.

- Auguste Rodin

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.

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.

- Auguste Rodin

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

- Auguste Rodin

Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.

Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.

- Auguste Rodin

The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others.

The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others.

- Auguste Rodin

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