Auguste Rodin Quotes

Auguste Rodin Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Auguste Rodin
Type:
Sculptor
Nationality:
French
Birth day:
November 12
Birth year:
1840

  • 1
    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. Auguste Rodin
  • 2
    I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need. Auguste Rodin
  • 3
    I invent nothing, I rediscover. Auguste Rodin
  • 4
    Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight. Auguste Rodin
  • 5
    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
  • 6
    Nobody does good to men with impunity. Auguste Rodin
  • 7
    Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. Auguste Rodin
  • 8
    Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump. Auguste Rodin
  • 9
    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. Auguste Rodin
  • 10
    The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others. Auguste Rodin
  • 11
    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. Auguste Rodin
  • 12
    To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature. Auguste Rodin
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