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Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“Only he who possesses a personal religion, an original view of infinity, can be an artist.”

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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel was a German poet known for his significant contributions to Romantic literature. His works deeply influenced the development of German literature, particularly in the realms of poetry and drama. more

“When you come to a hotel room, you want it to be grand, functional and beautiful. But you don't want things that are not useful. Sometimes you go to hotels and there are all these frames and pictures of people you don't know, and you end up hiding everything in the drawer, and then housekeeping come and put it out again.”

People Knows Want Ends Sometimes Beautiful Rooms Hotel Hiding Drawers Hotel Rooms Housekeeping

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“When I have a model who is quiet and steady and with whom I am acquainted, then I draw repeatedly 'til there is one drawing that is different from the rest, which does not look like an ordinary study, but more typical and with more feeling.”

Looks Doe Different Feelings Study Quiet Models Draws Ordinary Drawing Steady Typical

Book:Letters to an artist: from Vincent van Gogh to Anton ridder van Rappard, 1881-1885

Source: Letters to an artist: from Vincent van Gogh to Anton ridder van Rappard, 1881-1885

“I don't know if I can convey the postman as I feel him... Unfortunately he cannot pose, and a painting demands an intelligent model.”

Ifs Knows Feels I Can Painting Demand Models Intelligent Postman

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“Study, analyse the social structure - that's always far more effective than moralising.”

Social Study Morality Structure Social Structure

Book:Van Gogh on Art and Artists: Letters to Emile Bernard

Source: Van Gogh on Art and Artists: Letters to Emile Bernard

“I devour nature ceaselessly. I exaggerate, sometimes I make changes in the subject; but still I don't invent the whole picture. On the contrary, I find it already there. It's a question of picking out what one wants from nature.”

Want Stills Sometimes Whole Nature Subjects Contrary Making Changes Whole Picture

Book:Van Gogh on Art and Artists: Letters to Emile Bernard

Source: Van Gogh on Art and Artists: Letters to Emile Bernard

“Art demands constant observation.”

Art Demand Constant Observation

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“The cypresses are always occupying my thoughts.”

Obsession My Thoughts Cypresses

Book:Vincent van Gogh

Source: Vincent van Gogh

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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