"You have to dominate the material, not let the material dominate you." Wilfredo Prieto on Auguste Rodin’s sculptures by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Does a statue need to include arms or a head to be considered complete? Rodin clearly doesn’t think so. Auguste Rodin, The Walking Man by Elisabeth Rowney
This aborted commission was meant for a museum that was to be on the site of the Musée d’Orsay—where it now stands. Auguste Rodin, The Gates of Hell by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
When Rodin received the commission for this monument in Calais, he was expected to produce one figure—not six. Auguste Rodin, The Burghers of Calais by Elisabeth Rowney