For me the Koenigsberg longshoremen had beauty; the Polish jimkes on their grain ships had beauty; the broad freedom of movement in the gestures of the common people had beauty. Middle-class people held no appeal for me at all. — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
My work is not, of course, pure art in the sense that Schmidt-Rottluff's is, but it is art nonetheless... It is all right with… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
How long were the stretches of toilsome tacking back and forth, of being blocked, of being thrown back again and again. But all that… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone isalways stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying. — Käthe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
There are moments on most days when I feel a deep and sincere gratitude, when I sit at the open window, and there is… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
One day, a new ideal will arise, and there will be an end to all wars. I die convinced of this. It will need… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood.… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
Recently I began reading my old diaries. Back to before the war. Gradually I became very depressed. The reason for that is probably that… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
As in everything else, I find that age is not good for much, that one becomes deafer and less sensitive. Also, the higher up… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
I can always paint very well with my eyes, but with my hands it doesn't always work out. — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
Where do all the women who have watched so carefully over the lives of their beloved ones get the heroism to send them to… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work. — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
