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“I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.”

Auguste Rodin · Art

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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.

Nature

Auguste Rodin

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

Nature

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.

History

Auguste Rodin

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 open book, all the inner truth.

Nature