Auguste Rodin was a French artistic titan widely acclaimed as the father of modern sculpture, whose masterpieces 'The Thinker', 'The Kiss', and 'The Burghers of Calais' broke away from academic neoclassicism to capture the raw emotional truth, textured realism, and psychological torment of the human body.
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Pioneering French Sculptor and Father of Modern Sculpture
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Honor the extraordinary legacy of Auguste Rodin on November 17 with these curated quotes, philosophical reflections, and heartfelt tributes celebrating their monumental impact on Pioneering French Sculptor and Father of Modern Sculpture.
“The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a human being before being an artist!”
“Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.”
“Nothing is ugly in art except that which has no character, that is to say, that which offers no outer or inner truth.”
“I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.”
“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.”
“Patience is also a form of action.”
“To the artist, everything in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.”
“Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is timeless.”
“I have invented nothing; I only rediscover.”
“You must be deeply moved by what you create. If you feel nothing, your bronze will remain cold stone.”
Pioneering French Sculptor and Father of Modern Sculpture
