Consciousness is the grave of things, the place where they cease to exist, beyond which they end. And when they have ended, it seems that they no longer have any essential existence except in the visions in me. — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
The most fundamental in me is coming uppermost, and the transient, the sensational, is dispersing, because it can't adversely influence what is essential to… — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
I used to be too subjective, and I was always tempted to find my inner self in the exterior and dissipate my imagination on… — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
How do I define a work of art? It is not an asset in the stock-exchange sense, but a man's timid attempt to repeat… — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
However ugly a face may be, we can discover some beauty in it if we first experience wonder before it and then begin to… — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
I try to keep my sitters moving and talking, to make them forget they are being painted. This has nothing to do with extracting… — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
I cannot say why I wanted to paint.The only answer is in the pictures themselves. — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
I consider myself responsible to the coming generations, which are left stranded in a blitzed world, unaware of the soul trembling in awe before… — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
The life of the consciousness is boundless. It interpenetrates the world and is woven in all its imagery. Therefore, we must listen closely to… — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
Open your eyes at last and see...now I will open the book of the world for you,there are no words in it,just pictures — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
True dreams and visions should be as visible to the artist as the phenomena of the objective world. — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
The mystery of the soul is like that of a closed door. When you open it, you see something which was not there before. — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a German, French, or Anglo-American Expressionism! There are only young people trying to find their bearings in the… — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
