Quote by Auguste Rodin
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I dont need. - Au

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I dont need. – Auguste Rodin

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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 Rodin

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Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated. – Auguste Rodin

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In an artwork youre always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death. – Damien Hirst

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Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself. – Emmet Fox

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It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. – Anais Nin

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I was in choir in school. I kind of just did it. I already knew I wanted to sing. My music program in my school wasnt really great – people didnt really want to be part of the choir, they didnt want to do the plays and stuff like that. It definitely wasnt the cool thing to do. – Lea Michele

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