I believe that one should not think too much about nature when painting, at least not during the painting's conception. The colour sketch should be made exactly as one has perceived things in nature. But personal feeling is the main thing.
Worpswede, Worpswede, I cannot get you out of my mind... Your magnificent pine trees! I call them my men--thick, gnarled, powerful, and tall--yet wit… - Paula Modersohn-Becker
Worpswede, Worpswede, I cannot get you out of my mind... Your magnificent pine trees! I call them my men--thick, gnarled, powerful, and tall--yet wit…
- Paula Modersohn-Becker
I love color. It must submit to me. And I love art. I kneel before it, and it must become mine. Everything around me glows with passion. Every day re… - Paula Modersohn-Becker
I love color. It must submit to me. And I love art. I kneel before it, and it must become mine. Everything around me glows with passion. Every day re…
I know I shall not live very long. But why is that so sad? Is a festival more beautiful because it lasts longer? My sensuous perceptions grow sharper… - Paula Modersohn-Becker
I know I shall not live very long. But why is that so sad? Is a festival more beautiful because it lasts longer? My sensuous perceptions grow sharper…
I want to give colors intoxication, fullness, excitement, power by trying to forget Impressionism. - Paula Modersohn-Becker
I want to give colors intoxication, fullness, excitement, power by trying to forget Impressionism.
I know I shall not live very long... If I've painted three good pictures, then I shall leave gladly with flowers in my hand and my hair. - Paula Modersohn-Becker
I know I shall not live very long... If I've painted three good pictures, then I shall leave gladly with flowers in my hand and my hair.
I think the time is coming for struggle and uncertainty. It comes into every serious and beautiful life. I knew all along that it had to come. - Paula Modersohn-Becker
I think the time is coming for struggle and uncertainty. It comes into every serious and beautiful life. I knew all along that it had to come.
I must learn to express the gentle vibration of things: the intrinsically rough texture. I must find this expression in drawings; in the way in which… - Paula Modersohn-Becker
I must learn to express the gentle vibration of things: the intrinsically rough texture. I must find this expression in drawings; in the way in which…
Nature is supposed to become greater to me than people. It ought to speak louder from me. I should feel small in the face of nature's enormity. - Paula Modersohn-Becker
Nature is supposed to become greater to me than people. It ought to speak louder from me. I should feel small in the face of nature's enormity.
I believe that one should not think too much about nature when painting, at least not during the painting's conception. The colour sketch should be m… - Paula Modersohn-Becker
I believe that one should not think too much about nature when painting, at least not during the painting's conception. The colour sketch should be m…
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