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> [However ugly a face may be, we can discover some beauty in it if we first experience wonder before it and then begin to understand it, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/however-ugly-a-face-may-be-we-can-discover-some-beauty-in-it-if-we/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

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## More by Oskar Kokoschka

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/the-most-fundamental-in-me-is-coming-uppermost-and-the-transient-the/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [I used to be too subjective, and I was always tempted to find my inner self in the exterior and dissipate my imagination on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/i-used-to-be-too-subjective-and-i-was-always-tempted-to-find-my-inner/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/how-do-i-define-a-work-of-art-it-is-not-an-asset-in-the-stock/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [However ugly a face may be, we can discover some beauty in it if we first experience wonder before it and then begin to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/however-ugly-a-face-may-be-we-can-discover-some-beauty-in-it-if-we/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [I try to keep my sitters moving and talking, to make them forget they are being painted. This has nothing to do with extracting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/i-try-to-keep-my-sitters-moving-and-talking-to-make-them-forget-they/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [I cannot say why I wanted to paint.The only answer is in the pictures themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/i-cannot-say-why-i-wanted-to-paint-the-only-answer-is-in-the-pictures/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [I consider myself responsible to the coming generations, which are left stranded in a blitzed world, unaware of the soul trembling in awe before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/i-consider-myself-responsible-to-the-coming-generations-which-are/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [The life of the consciousness is boundless. It interpenetrates the world and is woven in all its imagery. Therefore, we must listen closely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/the-life-of-the-consciousness-is-boundless-it-interpenetrates-the/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/open-your-eyes-at-last-and-see-now-i-will-open-the-book-of-the-world/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [True dreams and visions should be as visible to the artist as the phenomena of the objective world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/true-dreams-and-visions-should-be-as-visible-to-the-artist-as-the/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [The mystery of the soul is like that of a closed door. When you open it, you see something which was not there before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/the-mystery-of-the-soul-is-like-that-of-a-closed-door-when-you-open/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-german-french-or-anglo-american/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [Consciousness is the grave of things, the place where they cease to exist, beyond which they end. And when they have ended, it seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/consciousness-is-the-grave-of-things-the-place-where-they-cease-to/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [Intellectually, I am already an old man. But in the sensory area, I am still such a child! I shuffle on my bottom between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/intellectually-i-am-already-an-old-man-but-in-the-sensory-area-i-am/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

> [All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental mood and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oskar-kokoschka/all-that-s-left-now-is-purely-poetic-work-putting-more-life-into/)

[Oskar Kokoschka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oskar-kokoschka/)

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