The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble.
L'artiste est celui qui voit ce que les autres ne voient pas.
Artists
Auguste Rodin
Born in Paris in 1840, Rodin is regarded as the father of modern sculpture. The Thinker and The Kiss broke with academic convention through raw emotion and unfinished surfaces.
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