Quotes by : Auguste Rodin

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines....

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

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

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

One must work nothing but work and one must have patience.

Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with....

The artist is the confidant of nature flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending....

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending....

To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting....

I invent nothing. I rediscover.