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Oskar Kokoschka has 14 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The life of the consciousness is boundless. It interpenetrates the world and is woven in all its imagery. Therefore, we must listen…
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Consciousness is a sea ringed with visions.
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However ugly a face may be, we can discover some beauty in it if we first experience wonder before it and then…
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The most fundamental in me is coming uppermost, and the transient, the sensational, is dispersing, because it can't adversely influence what is…
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I cannot say why I wanted to paint.The only answer is in the pictures themselves.
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All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental…
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Open your eyes at last and see...now I will open the book of the world for you,there are no words in it,just…
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True dreams and visions should be as visible to the artist as the phenomena of the objective world.
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I used to be too subjective, and I was always tempted to find my inner self in the exterior and dissipate my…
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I try to keep my sitters moving and talking, to make them forget they are being painted. This has nothing to do…
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The awareness of imagery is part of living... a life which derives its power from within itself will focus on the perception...…
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How do I define a work of art? It is not an asset in the stock-exchange sense, but a man's timid attempt…
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I try to keep my sitters moving and talking, to make them forget they are being painted. This has nothing to do…
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Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise…
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The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which…
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