For my taste, sculpture should have as little movement as possible. It should not fall, and gesture, and grimace, and if one depicts movement, grimaces come too easily. Rodin himself remains quiet; he puts movement into his rendering of muscles, but the whole remains quiet and calm.


p. 407 - Conversations with Judith Cladel (1939–1944)

Aristide Maillol Quotes

For my taste, sculpture should have as little movement as possible. It should not fall, and gesture, and grimace, and if one depicts movement,...

For my taste, sculpture should have as little movement as possible. It should not fall, and gesture, and grimace, and if one depicts movement,...

For my taste, sculpture should have as little movement as possible. It should not fall, and gesture, and grimace, and if one depicts movement,...

For my taste, sculpture should have as little movement as possible. It should not fall, and gesture, and grimace, and if one depicts movement,...