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“I am in the world to change the world.”

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Kathe Kollwitz was a German artist renowned for her prints and sculptures. Her works often focused on social and political issues, as well as the depiction of family and maternal love. Born on July 8, 1867, she passed away on April 22, 1945. more

“There must be understanding between the artist and the people. In the best ages of art that has always been the case. Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius — and I count myself among these — have to restore the lost connection once more.”

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Book:The diary and letters of Kaethe Kollwitz

Source: The diary and letters of Kaethe Kollwitz

“There are moments on most days when I feel a deep and sincere gratitude, when I sit at the open window, and there is a blue sky or moving clouds.”

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Book:The diary and letters of Kaethe Kollwitz

Source: The diary and letters of Kaethe Kollwitz

“The camera will never compete with the brush and the palette, until such time as photographs can be taken in Heaven or Hell.”

Heaven Hell Taken Photography Cameras Brushes Palette Heaven Or Hell

Author:Edvard Munch

“It would be quite amusing to preach a bit to all those people who for many years now have been looking at our paintings and either laughed or shook their heads reproachfully. They do not believe that these impressions, these instant sensations, could contain even the smallest grain of sanity. If a tree is red or blue, or a face is blue or green, they are sure that is insanity.”

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Author:Edvard Munch

“At different moments you see with different eyes. You see differently in the morning than you do in the evening. In addition, how you see is also dependent on your emotional state. Because of this, a motif can be seen in many different ways, and this is what makes art interesting.”

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Author:Edvard Munch

“When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves as we strive for greater heights.”

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“I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart”

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Author:Edvard Munch

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