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Caspar David Friedrich Quotes



Quotes by Caspar David Friedrich - (5 quotes)

Caspar David Friedrich - From the Authority category:

The feelings of another person should never be imposed upon us as a law. (Caspar David Friedrich)

Caspar David Friedrich - From the Contemplation category:

I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature. (Caspar David Friedrich)

Caspar David Friedrich - From the Emotion category:

If the artist sees nothing within him, then he should also refrain from painting what he sees before him. (Caspar David Friedrich)

Caspar David Friedrich - From the Painting category:

The painter should not paint only what he sees in himself. Should he, however, see nothing within himself, he should refrain from painting what he sees around him. (Caspar David Friedrich)

Caspar David Friedrich - From the Seeing category:

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. (Caspar David Friedrich)