How do I define a work of art? It is not an asset in the stock-exchange sense, but a man's timid attempt to repeat the miracle that the simplest peasant girl is capable of at any time, that of magically producing life out of nothing.
However ugly a face may be, we can discover some beauty in it if we first experience wonder before it and then begin to understand it, too. - Oskar Kokoschka
However ugly a face may be, we can discover some beauty in it if we first experience wonder before it and then begin to understand it, too.
- Oskar Kokoschka
Consciousness is the grave of things, the place where they cease to exist, beyond which they end. And when they have ended, it seems that they no lon… - Oskar Kokoschka
Consciousness is the grave of things, the place where they cease to exist, beyond which they end. And when they have ended, it seems that they no lon…
The most fundamental in me is coming uppermost, and the transient, the sensational, is dispersing, because it can't adversely influence what is essen… - Oskar Kokoschka
The most fundamental in me is coming uppermost, and the transient, the sensational, is dispersing, because it can't adversely influence what is essen…
I cannot say why I wanted to paint. The only answer is in the pictures themselves. - Oskar Kokoschka
I cannot say why I wanted to paint. The only answer is in the pictures themselves.
The life of the consciousness is boundless. It interpenetrates the world and is woven in all its imagery. Therefore, we must listen closely to our in… - Oskar Kokoschka
The life of the consciousness is boundless. It interpenetrates the world and is woven in all its imagery. Therefore, we must listen closely to our in…
All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental mood and dimension of ex… - Oskar Kokoschka
All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental mood and dimension of ex…
I consider myself responsible to the coming generations, which are left stranded in a blitzed world, unaware of the soul trembling in awe before the … - Oskar Kokoschka
I consider myself responsible to the coming generations, which are left stranded in a blitzed world, unaware of the soul trembling in awe before the …
Consciousness is a sea ringed with visions. - Oskar Kokoschka
Consciousness is a sea ringed with visions.
Open your eyes at last and see... now I will open the book of the world for you,there are no words in it, just pictures. - Oskar Kokoschka
Open your eyes at last and see... now I will open the book of the world for you,there are no words in it, just pictures.
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