A mediocre man copying nature will never produce a work of art, because he really looks without seeing, and though he may have noted each detail minutely, the result will be flat and without character... the artist on the contrary,… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
As paradoxical as it may seem a great sculptor is as much a colourist as the best painter, or rather the best engraver. He plays so skillfully with all the resources of relief, he blends so well the boldness of… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
I grant you that the artist does not see Nature as she appears to the vulgar, because his emotion reveals to him the hidden… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
Where shall we begin? There is no beginning. Start where you arrive. Stop before what entices you. And work! You will enter little by… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that. — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
If we now seek the spiritual significance of the technique of Michelangelo we shall find that his sculpture expressed restless energy... — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
The sculptor represents the transition from one pose to another he indicates how insensibly the first glides into the second. In his work we… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
There is no need to create. Genius comes only to those who know how to use their eyes and their intelligence. — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
People say I think too much about women, yet, after all what is there more important to think about? — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
