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The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

Auguste Rodin
Photography, Mirrors, Soul

If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he deserves no admiration. The resemblance which he ought to obtain is that of the soul.

Auguste Rodin
Photography, Character, Artist
Auguste Rodin, Paul Gsell (1983). “Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell”, p.54, Courier Corporation

It is the artist who is truthful and it is photography which lies, for in reality time does not stop

Auguste Rodin
Photography, Lying, Artist
Auguste Rodin, Paul Gsell (1983). “Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell”, p.34, Courier Corporation

Mere exactitude, of which photography and moulage [life casting] are the lowest forms, does not inspire feelings.

Auguste Rodin
Photography, Inspire, Feelings
Albert Edward Elsen, Auguste Rodin (1980). “In Rodin's studio: a photographic record of sculpture in the making”, Cornell Univ Pr

I believe that photography can create great works of art, but hitherto it has been extraordinarily bourgeois and babbling. (1908)

Auguste Rodin
Photography, Art, Believe

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