I obey nature, I never presume to command her.
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Auguste Rodin, L'Art: Entretiens réunis par Paul Gsell, 1911.
- L'Art (interviews with Paul Gsell)
- 1911 · France · Rodin explaining his approach to sculpting from the natural world
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Antonín DvořákAlways continue walking a lot and loving nature, for that's the real way to learn to understand art.Vincent van GoghA book on nature should produce an impression like nature itself.Alexander von HumboldtNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.Lao TzuClouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.Rabindranath TagoreA thing of beauty is a joy forever.John Keats