Caspar David Friedrich Quotes

• Every true work of art must express a distinct feeling.

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• The artist should not only paint what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should also omit to paint that which he sees before him.

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• Despite what even many artists appear to believe, art is not and should not be merely a skill. It should actually be completely and utterly the language of our feelings, our frame of mind; indeed, even of our devotion and our prayers.

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• Close your bodily eye, so that you may see your picture first with the spiritual eye. Then bring to the light of day that which you have seen in the darkness so that it may react on others from the outside inwards.

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• The Divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand, here I have represented it in bull-rushes.

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• Just as the pious man prays without speaking a word and the Almighty hearkens unto him, so the artist with true feelings paints and the sensitive man understands and recognizes it.

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• 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 in the darkness, that its effect may work back, from without to within.

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• I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature.

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• If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him.

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• The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.

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Caspar David Friedrich (10)

Birth:	5th September, 1774
Death:	7th May, 1840
Nationality:	German
Profession:	Painter

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Caspar David Friedrich was born in Greifswald, Swedish Pomerania, on the Baltic coast of Germany. He was a German painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic ruins.

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