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.
Source: In Artists in Quotation, by Donna Ward La Cour, 1989.
-- Auguste Rodin, (Nov 12 1840-1917), French sculptor; He is best known for his sculptures, e.g., The Thinker, 1880 and Le Baiser, 1886.