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December 19, 2007
stay within
Rodin does not “think about” his work but remains within it: within the attainable-that is just what we felt made him so exceptional, this humble, patient path he trod through the real: and I have not yet found another faith to replace this one. In art, you can only stay within the “well done,” and by your staying there, it increases and surpasses you again and again. It seems to me that the “ultimate intuitions and insights” will only approach one who lives in his work and remains there, and whoever considers them from afar gains no power over them.
Rilke - Letters on Cezanne
Posted by amin at December 19, 2007 12:23 AM