Camille Claudel

Visual Arts France 1864 – 1943 101 quotes

Rodin's muse and sculptor of passionate, emotional works.

Quotes by Camille Claudel

Sculpture is the art of capturing eternity in a moment.

Interview 1887

Family is a cage with golden bars.

Letter 1915

I am not mad; I am merely misunderstood.

Letter 1913

The muse is a cruel lover.

Personal reflection 1898

Freedom is the breath of creation.

Aphorism

Rodin's shadow eclipses my light.

Letter 1902

Every crack in the marble tells a story.

Professional observation 1893

Love destroys more than it builds.

Letter 1889

I live in the world of forms, not words.

Interview 1908

The asylum is my unwanted monument.

Letter 1920

Genius is born in suffering.

Personal reflection 1896

My Clotho spins the threads of fate in stone.

Work description 1893

Women artists are footnotes in history's book.

Speech excerpt 1901

Passion is the chisel that shapes the soul.

Aphorism

I refuse to be erased like a sketch.

Letter 1914

The beauty of imperfection is art's secret.

Professional observation 1886

Memories are sculptures that time erodes.

Personal reflection 1925

Rodin, you stole my fire but not my flame.

Letter 1899

In the studio, I am god.

Interview 1891

Madness is seeing the world as it truly is.

Letter 1917