"As an artist I am attracted by decadence,……" — Emil Nolde
"As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure. Occasionally, I feel that spiritually I participate in all these kinds of lives."
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Emil Nolde
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13 Quotes by Emil Nolde
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The artist need not know very much, best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he…
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Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.
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A work becomes a work of art when one re-evaluates the values of nature and adds one's own spirituality.
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Sometimes it seems to me that I am capable of absolutely nothing, but that nature through me can accomplish a…
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The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little…
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Colours in vibration, peeling like silver bells and clanging like bronze bells, proclaiming happiness, passion and love, soul, blood and…
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There cannot be creation without a lot of energy.
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Pictures are spiritual beings. The soul of the painter lives within them.
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There is silver blue, sky blue and thunder blue. Every colour holds within it a soul, which makes me happy…
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Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the…
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Yellow can express happiness, and then again, pain. There is flame red, blood red, and rose red; there is silver…
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What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the…
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