All Auguste Rodin Quotes
- The delicate droop of the petals standing out in relief, is like the eyelid of a child. Child
- My drawings are the result of my sculpture. Drawing
- What is drawing? Not once in describing the shape of the mass did I shift my eyes from the model. Why? Because I wanted to… Already Feel
- An artist worthy of the name should express all the truth of nature, not only the exterior truth, but also, and above all, the inner… All
- Where shall we begin? There is no beginning. Start where you arrive. Stop before what entices you. And work! You will enter little by little… Arrive
- I grant you that the artist does not see Nature as she appears to the vulgar, because his emotion reveals to him the hidden truths… Appearance
- People say I think too much about women, yet, after all what is there more important to think about? All
- The only principle in art is to copy what you see. Dealers in aesthetics to the contrary, every other method is fatal. Aesthetics
- In front of the model I work with the same will to reproduce truth as if I were making a portrait. I do not correct… Comfort
- If the artist succeeds in producing the impression of a movement which takes several moments for accomplishment, his work is certainly much less conventional than… Abruptly
- How painful it is to find that my figure can be of no help to my future... how painful to see it rejected on account… Account
- 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… All
- If we now seek the spiritual significance of the technique of Michelangelo we shall find that his sculpture expressed restless energy... Energy
- You must always work. Always Work
- I invent nothing, I rediscover. Art
- Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. Art
- True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure. Art
- There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms,… Doe
- The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed… Art
- I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need. Architecture
- 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… Accepting
- Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight. Art
- Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump. Art
- Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is… Animated
- 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… Age