Auguste Rodin

The artist must see the whole, not the parts.

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.

I invent nothing, I rediscover.

The sculptor must learn to see the whole, not the details.

The artist who is not a master of his craft is an impostor.

There is no such thing as a beautiful subject or an ugly subject.

The artist must have a profound sense of the visible.

I am a worker, not a dreamer.

The beautiful is everywhere; it is not that which is lacking to our eye, but to our heart.

Work! One only lives by working.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

I have never ceased to be a student.

The soul of the sculptor is in the hand.

Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.

The artist is the confidant of nature, the interpreter of her moods and the revealer of her secrets.

I have always sought the truth, and I have found it in nature.

The body is the soul, the soul is the body.

There are no lines in nature, only colors and forms.

The most beautiful models are the simple ones.

Art is a contemplation of the world in a state of grace.