All Caspar David Friedrich Quotes
- I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature. Alone
- A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling. Art
- The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art. Art
- All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being… All
- The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. If he sees nothing within,… Front
- You call me a misanthrope because I avoid society. You err; I love society. Yet in order not to hate people, I must avoid their… Avoid
- I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles… Alone
- I am not so weak as to submit to the demands of the age when they go against my convictions. I spin a cocoon around… Age
- What the newer landscape artists see in a circle of a hundred degrees in Nature they press together unmercifully into an angle of vision of… Angle
- The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand; there I represented it in the reeds. Divine
- God is everywhere, in the smallest grain of sand. Everywhere
- The eye and fantasy feel more attracted by nebulous distance than by that which is close and distinct in front of us. Attracted
- The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within him,… Artist
- The feelings of another person should never be imposed upon us as a law. Another Person
- Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have seen… Bodily
- If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him. Front
- The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. Front