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> [It is my experience that marriage does not make one happier. It destroys the illusion that has been the essence of one's previous existence, that there existed something like a soul-mate. The feeling of not being understood is heightened in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/it-is-my-experience-that-marriage-does-not-make-one-happier-it/)

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## More by Paula Modersohn-Becker

> [The Louvre! The Louvre has me in its clutches. Every time I'm there rich blessings rain down upon me. I am coming to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/the-louvre-the-louvre-has-me-in-its-clutches-every-time-i-m-there/)

[Paula Modersohn-Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-modersohn-becker/)

> [I know I shall not live very long... If I've painted three good pictures, then I shall leave gladly with flowers in my hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/i-know-i-shall-not-live-very-long-if-i-ve-painted-three-good-pictures/)

[Paula Modersohn-Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-modersohn-becker/)

> [I love color. It must submit to me. And I love art. I kneel before it, and it must become mine. Everything around me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/i-love-color-it-must-submit-to-me-and-i-love-art-i-kneel-before-it/)

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> [It is my experience that marriage does not make one happier. It destroys the illusion that has been the essence of one's previous existence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/it-is-my-experience-that-marriage-does-not-make-one-happier-it/)

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> [Nature is supposed to become greater to me than people. It ought to speak louder from me. I should feel small in the face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/nature-is-supposed-to-become-greater-to-me-than-people-it-ought-to/)

[Paula Modersohn-Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-modersohn-becker/)

> [I know I shall not live very long. But why is that so sad? Is a festival more beautiful because it lasts longer? My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/i-know-i-shall-not-live-very-long-but-why-is-that-so-sad-is-a/)

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> [In art one is usually totally alone with oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/in-art-one-is-usually-totally-alone-with-oneself/)

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> [I believe that one should not think too much about nature when painting, at least not during the painting's conception. The colour sketch should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/i-believe-that-one-should-not-think-too-much-about-nature-when/)

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> [We cleave to the past too much in Germany. All of our German art is too bogged down in the conventional... I think more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/we-cleave-to-the-past-too-much-in-germany-all-of-our-german-art-is/)

[Paula Modersohn-Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-modersohn-becker/)

> [I want to give colors intoxication, fullness, excitement, power by trying to forget Impressionism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/i-want-to-give-colors-intoxication-fullness-excitement-power-by/)

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> [I must learn to express the gentle vibration of things: the intrinsically rough texture. I must find this expression in drawings; in the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/i-must-learn-to-express-the-gentle-vibration-of-things-the/)

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> [How happy I would be if I could give figurative expression to the unconscious feeling that often murmurs so softly and sweetly within me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/how-happy-i-would-be-if-i-could-give-figurative-expression-to-the/)

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> [I think the time is coming for struggle and uncertainty. It comes into every serious and beautiful life. I knew all along that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/i-think-the-time-is-coming-for-struggle-and-uncertainty-it-comes-into/)

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> [Worpswede, Worpswede, I cannot get you out of my mind... Your magnificent pine trees! I call them my men--thick, gnarled, powerful, and tall--yet with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/worpswede-worpswede-i-cannot-get-you-out-of-my-mind-your-magnificent/)

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> [Lack of money rivets us firmly to the ground, one's wings are clipped.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-modersohn-becker/lack-of-money-rivets-us-firmly-to-the-ground-one-s-wings-are-clipped/)

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