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 be made exactly as one has perceived things in nature. But personal feeling is the main… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
We cleave to the past too much in Germany. All of our German art is too bogged down in the conventional... I think more highly of a free person who consciously puts convention aside. — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
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… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
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… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
I love color. It must submit to me. And I love art. I kneel before it, and it must become mine. Everything around me… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
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,… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
Nature is supposed to become greater to me than people. It ought to speak louder from me. I should feel small in the face… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
I know I shall not live very long. But why is that so sad? Is a festival more beautiful because it lasts longer? My… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
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… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
We cleave to the past too much in Germany. All of our German art is too bogged down in the conventional... I think more… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
I want to give colors intoxication, fullness, excitement, power by trying to forget Impressionism. — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
I must learn to express the gentle vibration of things: the intrinsically rough texture. I must find this expression in drawings; in the way… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
How happy I would be if I could give figurative expression to the unconscious feeling that often murmurs so softly and sweetly within me. — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
