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.
Auguste Rodin
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More quotes by Auguste Rodin
- 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.
- Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
- 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.