I obey Nature, and never do I dare give orders to it. My only ambition is servile fidelity to it.

Auguste Rodin

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Topic

Artistic process Art

Speaker

Auguste Rodin

Source

La Revenue

Medium

Interview

Language

French

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Sculptor Artist

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Rodin, Auguste. Interviewed by Paul Gsell. La Revenue, 1910.

Current Citation

Rodin, Auguste. Quoted in Art: Conversations with Paul Gsell, written by Paul Gsell. University of California Press, 1984.

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History is more or less bunk.

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Medium
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Topic
Modern art Power of art Art

Author

Susan Sontag
Source
Freak Show The New York Review of Books
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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One of the best things about love is just recognizing a man's step when he climbs the stairs.

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Topic
Lifelong love Love

Author

Colette
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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