Auguste Rodin

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.

You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.