There should be no argument in regard to morality in art. There is no morality in nature. — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul. — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which… — 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,… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
An artist worthy of the name should express all the truth of nature, not only the exterior truth, but also, and above… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
A mediocre man copying nature will never produce a work of art, because he really looks without seeing, and though he may… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
What is commonly called ugliness in nature can in art become full of beauty. — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
In front of the model I work with the same will to reproduce truth as if I were making a portrait. I… — 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
