I grant you that the artist does not see Nature as she appears to the vulgar, because his emotion reveals to him the hidden truths beneath appearance… - Auguste Rodin

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I grant you that the artist does not see Nature as she appears to the vulgar, because his emotion reveals to him the hidden truths beneath appearances.
But, after all, the only principle in Art is to copy what you see. Dealers in esthetics to the contrary, every other method is fatal. There is no recipe for improving nature.

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About Auguste Rodin

François-Auguste-René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor, and the preeminent sculptor of the modern era. He played a pivotal role in the art of the late nineteenth century, both excelling at and rebelling against the Beaux-Arts tradition.

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Alternative Names: Rodan • Ogi︠u︡st Roden • François Auguste René Rodin • René François Auguste Rodin • august rodin • rodin • a. rodin • rodin auguste • rodin a. • aug. rodin • e. rodin • Lo-tan • Roden Rone Fransua Ogyust • François-Auguste-René Rodin • Rodin • François Auguste Rodin • Francois A. Rene Rodin
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The artist who parades his drawing, the writer who wishes to attract praise to his style, resemble the soldier who plumes himself on his unif onn but refuses to go into battle, or the farmer who polishes the ploughshare instead of driving it into the earth.
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