Quotes by : Auguste Rodin

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

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready....

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.

Nothing is wasted of time if you use the xperience wisely.

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....

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

There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends....

I invent nothing. I rediscover.