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 with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.
I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full. - Caspar David Friedrich
I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full.
- Caspar David Friedrich
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… - Caspar David Friedrich
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…
Every true work of art must express a distinct feeling. - Caspar David Friedrich
Every true work of art must express a distinct feeling.
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. - Caspar David Friedrich
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.
The eye and fantasy feel more attracted by nebulous distance than by that which is close and distinct in front of us. - Caspar David Friedrich
The eye and fantasy feel more attracted by nebulous distance than by that which is close and distinct in front of us.
When a scene is shrouded in mist, it seems greater, nobler, and heightens the viewers' imaginative powers, increasing expectation - like a veiled g… - Caspar David Friedrich
When a scene is shrouded in mist, it seems greater, nobler, and heightens the viewers' imaginative powers, increasing expectation - like a veiled g…
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… - Caspar David Friedrich
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…
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… - Caspar David Friedrich
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…
The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art. - Caspar David Friedrich
The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art.
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