In plain words
He said he invented nothing, only rediscovered what already existed. The good ideas were there all along, but people had just forgotten them.
Where these words come from
- 90% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Camille Mauclair, Auguste Rodin: The Man, His Ideas, His Works (1905, trans. Clementina Black), p. 60-61 — Rodin's spoken words as Mauclair records them.
- Auguste Rodin: The Man, His Ideas, His Works (Camille Mauclair, 1905)
- 1905 · Paris, France · explaining why his art only seemed new — he was returning to nature's old truths, not inventing
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