Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) French sculptor
Attributed to Rodin in: Southwestern Art Vol. 6 (1977). p. 20; Partly cited in: A Toolbox for Humanity: More Than 9000 Years of Thought (2004) by Lloyd Albert Johnson, p. 7
1930s and later
“It must ever be borne in mind that the prime object of all fine arts is to please through some or other of the emotions which it stirs.”
Source: Part II : Practical Pictorial Photography, Fidelity to nature and justifiable untruth, p.3
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