A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling. — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art. — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
“I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what… — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him. — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature. — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
“Why, it has often occurred to me to ask myself, do I so frequently choose death, transience, and the grave as subjects for my… — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
I am not so weak as to submit to the demands of the age when they go against my convictions. I spin a cocoon… — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have… — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
The feelings of another person should never be imposed upon us as a law. — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
What the newer landscape artists see in a circle of a hundred degrees in Nature they press together unmercifully into an angle of vision… — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
You call me a misanthrope because I avoid society. You err; I love society. Yet in order not to hate people, I must avoid… — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within… — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
