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Sculptor

Auguste Rodin, born on November 12, 1840, and died on November 17, 1917, was a prominent French sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known for his unique artistic style and rich emotional expression, Rodin is considered one of the most influential sculptors of his time.

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Famous Auguste Rodin Quotes

“I grant you that the artist does not see Nature as she appears to the vulgar, because his emotion reveals to him the hidden truths beneath appearances.”

Doe Artist Emotion Truth Is Appearance Grants Vulgar Hidden Truth

Book:Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell

Source: Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell

“If the artist succeeds in producing the impression of a movement which takes several moments for accomplishment, his work is certainly much less conventional than the scientific image, where time is abruptly suspended.”

Ifs Moments Artist Movement Succeed Impression Accomplishment Conventional Suspended

Book:Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell

Source: Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell

“The artist has only to trust his eyes.”

Eye Artist His Eyes

Book:Rodin on Art and Artists

Source: Rodin on Art and Artists

“True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.”

Men Art Artist Passion Pleasure True Artists

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“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.”

Art Artist Born Creativity Fire Design Creation Ready Art Is Artistic Sparks Consumed

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“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.”

Book Eye Beautiful Artist Names Accepting Worthy His Eyes Blindness Exterior Open Book Accepting The Truth

Book:Rodin on Art and Artists

Source: Rodin on Art and Artists

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

Knows Looks Art Different Artist Not Interested Moonlight

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

Men Artist Moved Be A Man Being An Artist

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“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.”

Artist Inspiring Flower Dialogue Stem Nuance Bending Creating Art Confidant

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“To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature”

Life Inspirational Art Artist Nature Environment Ugly Nature And Art

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“If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he deserves no admiration. The resemblance which he ought to obtain is that of the soul.”

Ifs Doe Soul Character Faces Artist Ought Photography Deserve Features Admiration Copies Superficial Resemblance

Book:Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell

Source: Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell

“It is the artist who is truthful and it is photography which lies, for in reality time does not stop”

Doe Reality Lying Artist Photography Truthful

Book:Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell

Source: Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell

“He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist.”

Real Artist Discouraged Real Artists

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“A mediocre man copying nature will never produce a work of art, because he really looks without seeing, and though he may have noted each detail minutely, the result will be flat and without character... the artist on the contrary, sees; that is to say, his eye, grafted on his heart, reads deeply into the bosom of nature.”

Men Looks Heart May Art Character Eye Artist Results Seeing Produce Art Is Details Contrary His Eyes Flats Works Of Art Mediocre Bosoms Copying

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“The artist enriches the soul of humanity. The artist delights people with a thousand different shades of feeling.”

People Different Soul Feelings Artist Humanity Thousand Delight Shade

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“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.”

Should Art Artist Names Worthy Exterior

Book:Rodin on Art and Artists

Source: Rodin on Art and Artists

About the Author

Born: November 12, 1840
Died: November 17, 1917
Known for: Sculptor
Quotes: 66

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Rodin on Art and ArtistsRelated source material

Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul GsellRelated source material

Art: Conversations with Paul GsellRelated source material

Auguste Rodin: Images of Desire, Erotic Watercolors and Cut-outsRelated source material

In Rodin's studio: a photographic record of sculpture in the makingRelated source material

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