Auguste Rodin Quotes
Top 46 wise famous quotes and sayings by Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
People say I think too much about women, yet, after all what is there more important to think about?
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 truth.
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 of a slanderous suspicion!
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 we now seek the spiritual significance of the technique of Michelangelo we shall find that his sculpture expressed restless energy ...
Mere exactitude, of which photography and moulage [life casting] are the lowest forms, does not inspire feelings.
I believe that photography can create great works of art, but hitherto it has been extraordinarily bourgeois and babbling. (1908)
The body always expresses the spirit whose envelope it is. And for him who can see, the nude offers the richest meaning.
The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!
The artist enriches the soul of humanity.
The artist delights people with
a thousand different shades of feeling.
The artist delights people with
a thousand different shades of feeling.
Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight.
The only principle in art is to copy what you see. Dealers in aesthetics to the contrary, every other method is fatal.