I Choose a Block of Marble and Chop Off Whatever I Don't Need — November 12, 2013

I Choose a Block of Marble and Chop Off Whatever I Don’t Need

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

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

-Auguste Rodin (born on this day in 1840)

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