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“There is silver blue, sky blue and thunder blue. Every…” quote by Emil Nolde — Download Open image

“There is silver blue, sky blue and thunder blue. Every colour holds within it a soul, which makes me happy or repels me, and which acts as a stimulus. To a person who has no art in him, colours are colours, tones tones...and that is all. All their consequences for the human spirit, which range between heaven to hell, just go unnoticed.”

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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 great deal.

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There cannot be creation without a lot of energy.

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

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

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

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