"Mystery is like a kind of atmosphere which bathes the greatest works of the masters."

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Source : Auguste Rodin (2012). “Rodin on Art and Artists”, p.81, Courier Corporation

Auguste Rodin

#Atmosphere Quotes #Kind Quotes #Mystery Quotes

“If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneronâ€¦ my answer is â€œHow should I know?â€â€¦ I am not dismayed by ultimate mysteriesâ€¦ I can no more grasp what is behind such questions as my cat can understand what is behind the clatter I make while I type this paragraph.”
“Youâ€™re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and light at your miniature feet”
“She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people.”
“The party is not concerned with perpetuating itself. Who wields power is not important, providing that the hierarchical structure always remains the same.”
“I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.”
“I like to describe myself as a proudly visible member of the most invisible segments of our society - older women.”
“Only through art can we get outside of ourselves and know another's view of the universe which is not the same as ours and see landscapes which otherwise would remain unknown to us like the landscapes of the moon. Thanks to art, instead of seeing a single world, our own, we see it multiply until we have before us as many worlds as there are original artists.”
“When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky....They will never be the same again because you cannot be the same once you leave behind who and what you are, you just cannot be the same....Look at them leaving in droves, despite knowing they will be welcomed with restraint in those strange lands because they do not belong”

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