Quotes

“Votes should be weighed not counted.” Friedrich Schiller

“The history of the world is the world's court of justice.” Friedrich Schiller

“Nothing leads to good that is not natural.” Friedrich Schiller

“It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.” Friedrich Schiller

“He who considers too much will perform little.” Friedrich Schiller

“I am better than my reputation.” Friedrich Schiller

“Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.” Friedrich Schiller

“All things must; man is the only creature that wills.” Friedrich Schiller

“It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.” Friedrich Schiller

“In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.” Friedrich Schiller

“It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.” Friedrich Schiller

“That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.” Friedrich Schiller

“The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.” Friedrich Schiller

“The key to education is the experience of beauty.” Friedrich Schiller

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” Auguste Rodin

“The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.” Auguste Rodin

“I invent nothing, I rediscover.” Auguste Rodin

“Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.” Auguste Rodin

“The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.” Auguste Rodin

“I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.” Auguste Rodin

“There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.” Auguste Rodin

“To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.” Auguste Rodin

“Nobody does good to men with impunity.” Auguste Rodin

“To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.” Auguste Rodin

“True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.” Auguste Rodin

“Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.” Auguste Rodin

“Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages.” Auguste Rodin

“Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight.” Auguste Rodin

“The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others.” Auguste Rodin

“Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” Philip Sidney