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Paula Modersohn-Becker Quotes



Quotes by Paula Modersohn-Becker - (7 quotes)

Paula Modersohn-Becker - From the Aging category:

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)

Paula Modersohn-Becker - From the Beauty category:

The intensity with which a subject is grasped - that is what makes for beauty in art. (Paula Modersohn-Becker)

Paula Modersohn-Becker - From the Colour category:

I have felt just what the mood of colors means to me: it means that everything in the picture changes its local color according to the same principle and that thereby all muted tones blend in a unified relationship, one to the other. (Paula Modersohn-Becker)

Paula Modersohn-Becker - From the Confidence category:

A month ago I was so sure of what I wanted. Inside me I saw it out there, walked around with it like a queen, and was blissful. Now the veils have fallen again, gray veils, hiding the whole idea of me. (Paula Modersohn-Becker)

Paula Modersohn-Becker - From the Expression category:

How happy I would be if I could give figurative expression to the unconscious feeling that often murmurs so softly and sweetly within me. (Paula Modersohn-Becker)

Paula Modersohn-Becker - From the Greatness category:

The strange quality of expectation that hovers over muted things... I must try to get hold of the great and simple beauty of all that. In general, I must strive for the utmost simplicity united with the most intimate power of observation. That's where greatness lies. (Paula Modersohn-Becker)

Paula Modersohn-Becker - From the Vulnerability category:

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)