--- title: "4 Canvas Quotes By Max Beckmann" description: "4 Canvas quotes by Max Beckmann. Plus more from Max Beckmann and more Canvas sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/max-beckmann-14117_beautiful_colour-as-the-strange-and-magnificent-ex_196177.jpg" --- > [Colour, as the strange and magnificent expression of the inscrutable spectrum of Eternity, is beautiful and important to me as a painter;…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/max-beckmann-14117_beautiful_colour-as-the-strange-and-magnificent-ex_196177.jpg) > [ The world is rather shot to pieces \[end of World War II - 1945\], but the spectators climb out of their caves… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/max-beckmann-14117_again-and-again_the-world-is-rather-shot-to-pieces-end-o_665482.jpg) > [One thing is sure - we have to transform the three-dimensional world of objects into the two-dimensional world of the canvas.. ..To…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/max-beckmann-14117_canvas_one-thing-is-sure-we-have-to-transform-t_1118600.jpg) > [The individual representation of the object, treated sympathetically or antipathetically, is highly necessary and is an enrichment to the world in form.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/the-individual-representation-of-the-object-treated-sympathetically/) [Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/877/max-beckmann-14117_alterations_the-individual-representation-of-the-obj_2020435.jpg) ## Other authors on Canvas - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anna-bartlett-warner-13611.jpg) Philip Guston 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/philip-guston/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pablo-picasso-73081.jpg) Pablo Picasso 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/pablo-picasso/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-danny-kaye-26721.jpg) Danny Kaye 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/danny-kaye/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vincent-van-gogh-93793.jpg) Vincent Van Gogh 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/vincent-van-gogh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernard-beckett-17293.jpg) Charles Webster Hawthorne 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/charles-webster-hawthorne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wassily-kandinsky-94601.jpg) Wassily Kandinsky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/wassily-kandinsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alfred-jodl-11301.jpg) John Constable 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/john-constable/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joan-miro-50198.jpg) Joan Miro 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/joan-miro/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/max-beckmann/#itemlist", "name": "4 Canvas Quotes By Max Beckmann", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Colour, as the strange and magnificent expression of the inscrutable spectrum of Eternity, is beautiful and important to me as a painter; I use it to enrich the canvas and to probe more deeply into the object. 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