I invent nothing. I rediscover.
Auguste Rodin Quotes
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.
To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.
I invent nothing. I rediscover everything.
All his (Michelangelo) statues are so constrained by agony that they seem to wish to break themselves. They all seem ready to succumb to the pressure of despair that fills them.
Black is the queen of colors.
Where shall we begin? There is no beginning. Start where you arrive. Stop before what entices you. And work! You will enter little by little into the entirety. Method will be born in proportion to your interest.
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.
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 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.