Auguste Rodin was born on this day in 1840.
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and there defines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated. 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.
Auguste Rodin
The Victoria & Albert Museum's Rodin: Challenging Beauty ...
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