Famous Auguste Rodin Quotations

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"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, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect."
by Auguste Rodin
"Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump."
by Auguste Rodin
"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."
by Franois Auguste Ren Rodin
"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."
by Auguste Rodin
"Nobody does good to man with impunity."
by Franois Auguste Ren Rodin
"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 by the fire of his own creation."
by Auguste Rodin
"The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him."
by Auguste Rodin
"To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature."
by Franois Auguste Ren Rodin
"I invent nothing, I rediscover."
by Auguste Rodin
"Patience is also a form of action."
by Auguste Rodin
"I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need."
by Auguste Rodin
"There is a continual exchange of ideas between all minds of a generation. Journalists, popular novelists, illustrators, and cartoonists adapt ..."
by Auguste Rodin


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