Rodin on Art and Artists
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Source: Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists
“I know very well that one must fight, for one is often in contradiction to the spirit of the age.”
“There should be no argument in regard to morality in art. There is no morality in nature.”
Source: Art: Conversations with Paul Gsell
“The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.”
“The artist has only to trust his eyes.”
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists
“I would have to talk for a year to repeat a single on of my works with words.”
Source: In Rodin's studio: a photographic record of sculpture in the making
“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.”
“True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.”
“I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.”
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists
“Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.”
“Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.”
“The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.”
“The realities of nature surpass our most ambitious dreams.”
“I am like a moon that shines on an immense, unknown sea where ships never pass”
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists
“What is commonly called ugliness in nature can in art become full of beauty.”
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell
Source: Rodin on Art and Artists