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Claudel's reputation survived not because of her once notorious association with Rodin, but because of her work. The novelist and art critic [[Octave Mirbeau]] described her as "A revolt against nature: a woman genius."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-02|title=Camille Claudel, une icône au destin tragique|url=https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/peinture-et-sculpture/camille-claudel-icone-au-destin-tragique-11142437/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Connaissance des Arts|language=fr}}</ref> Her early work is similar to Rodin's in spirit but shows imagination and lyricism quite her own, particularly in the famous ''[[The Waltz (Claudel)|The Waltz]]'' (1893).
The contemporary French critic Louis Vauxcelles
As historian Farah Peterson describes, Claudel's ''Clotho,'' exhibited at the 1893 Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, serves as an "important example of how sharply Claudel’s vision diverged from Rodin’s."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Peterson|first1=Farah|title=Camille Claudel’s ‘Revolt Against Nature’|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/01/camille-claudel-sculptor-rodin-chicago-art-institute-exhibit/676148/|website=The Atlantic|location=New York|date=2023}}</ref>
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