Explore Quotes by Max Beckmann

Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.

What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality.

I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality.

When spiritual, metaphysical, material, or immaterial events come into my life, I can only fix them by way of painting.

All important things in art have always originated from the deepest feeling about the mystery of Being.