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title: "2 Artist Art Quotes By Emil Nolde"
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> [The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of ones own, in ones relation to the tool, the material and the colors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/the-art-of-an-artist-must-be-his-own-art-it-is-always-a-continuous/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

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> [The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of one's own, in one's relation to the tool, the material and the colors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/the-art-of-an-artist-must-be-his-own-art-it-is-always-a-continuous-2/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

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## More by Emil Nolde

> [A work becomes a work of art when one re-evaluates the values of nature and adds one's own spirituality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/a-work-becomes-a-work-of-art-when-one-re-evaluates-the-values-of/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/art-is-exalted-above-religion-and-race-not-a-single-solitary-soul/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [Pictures are spiritual beings. The soul of the painter lives within them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/pictures-are-spiritual-beings-the-soul-of-the-painter-lives-within/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/the-art-of-an-artist-must-be-his-own-art-it-is-always-a-continuous/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [Yellow can express happiness, and then again, pain. There is flame red, blood red, and rose red; there is silver blue, sky blue, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/yellow-can-express-happiness-and-then-again-pain-there-is-flame-red/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [There is silver blue, sky blue and thunder blue. Every colour holds within it a soul, which makes me happy or repels me, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/there-is-silver-blue-sky-blue-and-thunder-blue-every-colour-holds/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [Sometimes it seems to me that I am capable of absolutely nothing, but that nature through me can accomplish a great deal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/sometimes-it-seems-to-me-that-i-am-capable-of-absolutely-nothing-but/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/the-art-of-an-artist-must-be-his-own-art-it-is-always-a-continuous-2/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [There cannot be creation without a lot of energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/there-cannot-be-creation-without-a-lot-of-energy/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure. Occasionally, I feel that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/as-an-artist-i-am-attracted-by-decadence-by-those-who-exhaust-their/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [Colours in vibration, peeling like silver bells and clanging like bronze bells, proclaiming happiness, passion and love, soul, blood and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/colours-in-vibration-peeling-like-silver-bells-and-clanging-like/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/what-an-artist-learns-matters-little-what-he-himself-discovers-has-a/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/clever-people-master-life-the-wise-illuminate-it-and-create-fresh/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

> [The artist need not know very much, best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-nolde/the-artist-need-not-know-very-much-best-of-all-let-him-work/)

[Emil Nolde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-nolde/)

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