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The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed. — Auguste Rodin

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature. — Auguste Rodin

The delicate droop of the petals standing out in relief, is like the eyelid of a child. — Auguste Rodin

Nobody does good to men with impunity. — 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. — Auguste Rodin

I have unbounded admiration for the nude. I worship it like a god. — Auguste Rodin

People say I think too much about women, yet, after all what is there more important to think about? — Auguste Rodin

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. — Auguste Rodin

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul. — Auguste Rodin

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! — Auguste Rodin

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

One must work, nothing
but work, and one must have patience ... — Auguste Rodin

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

My drawings are the result of my sculpture. — Auguste Rodin

There is nothing ugly in art except that which is without character, that is to say, that which offers no outer or inner truth. — Auguste Rodin

What is commonly called ugliness in nature can in art become full of beauty. — Auguste Rodin

I would have to talk for a year to repeat a single on of my works with words. — Auguste Rodin

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that. — Auguste Rodin

Black is the queen of colours. — Auguste Rodin

The realities of nature surpass our most ambitious dreams. — Auguste Rodin

If we now seek the spiritual significance of the technique of Michelangelo we shall find that his sculpture expressed restless energy ... — Auguste Rodin

Nothing is wasted of time if you use the xperience wisely. — Auguste Rodin

Mere exactitude, of which photography and moulage [life casting] are the lowest forms, does not inspire feelings. — Auguste Rodin

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life. — Auguste Rodin

The nude alone is well dressed — Auguste Rodin

Mystery is like a kind of atmosphere which bathes the greatest works of the masters. — Auguste Rodin

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

I believe that photography can create great works of art, but hitherto it has been extraordinarily bourgeois and babbling. (1908) — Auguste Rodin

Patience is also a form of action. — Auguste Rodin

The body always expresses the spirit whose envelope it is. And for him who can see, the nude offers the richest meaning. — Auguste Rodin

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist! — Auguste Rodin

The more simple we are, the more complete we become. — Auguste Rodin

He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist. — Auguste Rodin

Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump. — Auguste Rodin

I am like a moon that shines on an immense, unknown sea where ships never pass — Auguste Rodin

The artist enriches the soul of humanity.
The artist delights people with
a thousand different shades of feeling. — Auguste Rodin

Genius only comes to those who know how to use their eyes and their intelligence. — Auguste Rodin

You must always work. — Auguste Rodin

Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight. — Auguste Rodin

I know very well that one must fight, for one is often in contradiction to the spirit of the age. — Auguste Rodin

The only principle in art is to copy what you see. Dealers in aesthetics to the contrary, every other method is fatal. — Auguste Rodin

It is the artist who is truthful and it is photography which lies, for in reality time does not stop — Auguste Rodin

The artist has only to trust his eyes. — Auguste Rodin

Even with all the documents, you can never forge nature — Auguste Rodin

There should be no argument in regard to morality in art. There is no morality in nature. — Auguste Rodin

In art, immorality cannot exist. Art is always sacred. — Auguste Rodin