To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.
Auguste RodinRead
There is no need to create. Genius comes only to those who know how to use their eyes and their intelligence.
Interpretation
True creativity arises from observation and understanding rather than mere invention.
This quote by Auguste Rodin emphasizes the importance of observation and intelligence in the creative process. It suggests that instead of forcing creativity, one should learn to see the world deeply and use their insight to inspire genuine artistic expression.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of creativity in education.
To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.
Mystery is like a kind of atmosphere which bathes the greatest works of the masters.
I am like a moon that shines on an immense, unknown sea where ships never pass
An artist worthy of the name should express all the truth of nature, not only the exterior truth, but also, and above all, the inner truth.
The artist enriches the soul of humanity. _x000D_ The artist delights people with _x000D_ a thousand different shades of feeling.
The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!
I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.
Behind the aesthetic form lies the repressed harmony of sensuousness and reason
I think of myself as a stylist, and stylists can become notoriously obsessed with the placing of a comma, the weight of a semicolon.
The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty.
I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.
Art has always had as its test in the long term the ability to speak to our innermost selves.
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