Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
A work becomes a work of art when one re-evaluates the values of nature and adds one's own spirituality. — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
Pictures are spiritual beings. The soul of the painter lives within them. — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of ones… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
Yellow can express happiness, and then again, pain. There is flame red, blood red, and rose red; there is silver blue, sky blue, and… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
There is silver blue, sky blue and thunder blue. Every colour holds within it a soul, which makes me happy or repels me, and… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seems to me that I am capable of absolutely nothing, but that nature through me can accomplish a great deal. — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
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… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure. Occasionally, I feel that… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
Colours in vibration, peeling like silver bells and clanging like bronze bells, proclaiming happiness, passion and love, soul, blood and death. — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work. — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
