Auguste Rodin Quotes

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

The realities of nature surpass our most ambitious dreams.

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.

Nobody does good to men with impunity.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.

Man enjoys living on the edge of his dreams and neglects the real things of the world which are so beautiful. The ignorant and indifferent destroy beautiful things merely by looking at the marble. Things that remake the soul of him who understands them.

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

You must always work.

Where did I learn to understand sculpture? In the woods by looking at the trees, along roads by observing the formation of clouds, in the studio by studying the model, everywhere except in the schools.

Patience is also a form of action.

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.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature