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> [What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/what-i-want-to-show-in-my-work-is-the-idea-which-hides-itself-behind-2/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

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> [What is important to me in my work is the identity that is hidden behind so-called reality. I search for a bridge from the given present tot the invisible, rather as a famous cabalist once said, 'If you wish to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/what-is-important-to-me-in-my-work-is-the-identity-that-is-hidden/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

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## More by Max Beckmann

> [It is, of course, a luxury to create art and, on top of this, to insist on expressing one's own artistic opinion. Nothing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/it-is-of-course-a-luxury-to-create-art-and-on-top-of-this-to-insist/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality. I am seeking for the bridge which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/what-i-want-to-show-in-my-work-is-the-idea-which-hides-itself-behind/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [“Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement: for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. It is the quest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/art-is-creative-for-the-sake-of-realization-not-for-amusement-for/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [My figures come and go, suggested by fortune or misfortune. I try to fix them divested of their apparent accidental quality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/my-figures-come-and-go-suggested-by-fortune-or-misfortune-i-try-to/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [Colour, as the strange and magnificent expression of the inscrutable spectrum of Eternity, is beautiful and important to me as a painter; I use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/colour-as-the-strange-and-magnificent-expression-of-the-inscrutable/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [One of my problems is to find the Ego, which has only one form and is immortal - to find it in animals and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/one-of-my-problems-is-to-find-the-ego-which-has-only-one-form-and-is/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [One of my problems is to find the self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/one-of-my-problems-is-to-find-the-self/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/what-i-want-to-show-in-my-work-is-the-idea-which-hides-itself-behind-2/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/i-believe-the-reason-i-love-painting-so-much-is-that-it-forces-one-to/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [We will enjoy ourselves with the forms that are given us: a human face, a hand, the breast of a woman or the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/we-will-enjoy-ourselves-with-the-forms-that-are-given-us-a-human-face/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [ The world is rather shot to pieces \[end of World War II - 1945\], but the spectators climb out of their caves and pretend… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/the-world-is-rather-shot-to-pieces-end-of-world-war-ii-1945-but-the/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [In principle, any abstraction of the object is allowed which has a sufficiently strong creative power behind it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/in-principle-any-abstraction-of-the-object-is-allowed-which-has-a/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [When spiritual, metaphysical, material, or immaterial events come into my life, I can only fix them by way of painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/when-spiritual-metaphysical-material-or-immaterial-events-come-into/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [I do not weep: I loathe tears, for they are a sign of slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/i-do-not-weep-i-loathe-tears-for-they-are-a-sign-of-slavery/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

> [One thing is sure - we have to transform the three-dimensional world of objects into the two-dimensional world of the canvas.. ..To transform three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/one-thing-is-sure-we-have-to-transform-the-three-dimensional-world-of/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

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