The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should a….

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 i….

The eye and fantasy feel more attracted by nebulous distance than by that which is close and distinct in front of us..

The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand; there I represented it in the reeds..

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. If he sees nothing within, then he should stop p….

When a scene is shrouded in mist, it seems greater, nobler, and heightens the viewers' imaginative powers, increasing expectation - like a veiled g….

What the newer landscape artists see in a circle of a hundred degrees in Nature they press together unmercifully into an angle of vision of only fort….

All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being aware ….

You call me a misanthrope because I avoid society. You err; I love society. Yet in order not to hate people, I must avoid their company..

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

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge w….

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full..

A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling..

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….

God is everywhere, in the smallest grain of sand..

The feelings of another person should never be imposed upon us as a law..

I am not so weak as to submit to the demands of the age when they go against my convictions. I spin a cocoon around myself; let others do the same. I….

The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art..