. International studio. hingin nature and in lifewas lovely; therefore,from among the vi-sions they presentedhe could not admitthat he had the rightto pick and him there was nosuch thing as absoluteugliness. Should anyassert the contrary itis because their per-ceptive powers arenot great enough todiscover the beautythat is to be found onall sides, or becausetheir vision has beencorrupted by the arti-ficial and superficialteaching of the pro-fessors of aesthetics, orperhaps they are notsufficiently masters oftheir metier, or havenot courage enoughto face the truth. This sense of deli
. International studio. hingin nature and in lifewas lovely; therefore,from among the vi-sions they presentedhe could not admitthat he had the rightto pick and him there was nosuch thing as absoluteugliness. Should anyassert the contrary itis because their per-ceptive powers arenot great enough todiscover the beautythat is to be found onall sides, or becausetheir vision has beencorrupted by the arti-ficial and superficialteaching of the pro-fessors of aesthetics, orperhaps they are notsufficiently masters oftheir metier, or havenot courage enoughto face the truth. This sense of delightin form animates allRodins works, greatand small. Thus itis that there existsnothing that has beenmodelled by his handwhich can ever be un-deserving of interest; and it was, fundamentally,owing to this sense of delight in form that hebecame the perfect craftsman, the prodigioustechnician, the extraordinary executant he friend Jules Desbois, the accomplished sculp-tor and master-statuary, who lived and laboured. BY AUGUSTE RODIN[Photo J. E. Bulloz)
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