The Viberts had taste, and their music-room was charming in its reticent scheme of decoration-a Steinway grand piano, a low crowded book-case with a rodin cast, a superb mezzotint of Leonardo's Mona Lisa after Calmatta, revealing the admirable poise of sweetly folded hands-surely the most wonderful hands ever painted-while the polished floor, comforting couches and open fireplace proclaimed this apartment as the composition of refined people.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
More vital than the influence of the personalities and the art treasures of the countries which Rilke visited and more potent in its effect upon his creations, like a great sun over the most fruitful years of his life, stands the towering personality of Auguste rodin.
"Poems"
Rainer Maria Rilke
The New Poems bear the dedication: "A mon grand ami, Auguste rodin," indicating the twofold influence which the French sculptor wielded over the poet, that of a friend and that of an artist.
"Poems"
Rainer Maria Rilke