Creation Quote by Emil Nolde

A work becomes a work of art when one re-evaluates the values of nature and adds one's own spirituality.

— Emil Nolde

Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and…

— Emil Nolde

Pictures are spiritual beings. The soul of the painter lives within them.

— Emil Nolde

The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of ones…

— Emil Nolde

Yellow can express happiness, and then again, pain. There is flame red, blood red, and rose red; there is silver blue, sky blue, and…

— Emil Nolde

There is silver blue, sky blue and thunder blue. Every colour holds within it a soul, which makes me happy or repels me, and…

— Emil Nolde

Sometimes it seems to me that I am capable of absolutely nothing, but that nature through me can accomplish a great deal.

— Emil Nolde

The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of one's…

— 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…

— Emil Nolde

Colours in vibration, peeling like silver bells and clanging like bronze bells, proclaiming happiness, passion and love, soul, blood and death.

— Emil Nolde

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

— Emil Nolde

Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.

— Emil Nolde