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Charlotte Salomon
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“..And with dream awakened eyes she saw all the beauty around her, saw the sea, felt the sun, and knew she had to vanish for a while from the human surface and make every sacrifice in order to create her world anew out of the depths. And from that came Life or Theater???”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote, probably 1943, in Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre?, (ed.) Judith C. E. Belinfante et al, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1998, ISBN 0-900946-66-0, p. 38; as cited om Wikipedia
“That which van Gogh attained later in life.. ..a brushstroke of unprecedented lightness, which unfortunately seems to have a distinctly pathological side, I have attained already..”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote, 1942-43; as cited by Judith C. E. Belinfante; as cited in note on Wikicommons: Charlotte Salomon JHM 4351
“I became my mother, my grandmother. I learned to travel all their paths and became all of them.. .I knew I had a mission, and no power on earth could stop me.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote, 1941-43; as cited in 'The obsessive art and great confession of Charlotte Salomon' by Toni Bentley, in 'The New Yorker', 15 July, 2017
“My life began when my grandmother decided to take hers, when I found out that my mother's whole family did the same thing [told bij het grandfather c. 1941], when I found out that I am the only one surviving, and when I felt the same inclination deep inside of me, craving for despair and death.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in Charlotte's letter, to her father, c. 1941-43; as cited in 'Life in Pictures Charlotte Salomon and her art beyond life tragedies', on Art-smart
“Keep this safe, it is my whole life.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Charlotte Salomon, 1943; as cited on Wikipedia, English
“'Life? or Theater?' - A Play with Music - C.S.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Consisting of a 'Prelude', a 'Main Section', and an 'Epilogue' - (dedicated to Ottillie Moore)”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'The tri-coloured play with music begins' (in Deutsch: Das Drei Farben Singespiel beginnt..) the cast is as follows Dr. and MRS. Knarre, a married couple Franziska and Charlotte, their daughters Dr. Kahn, a physician Charlotte Kahn, his daughter Paulinka Bimbam, a singer Dr. Singsong, a versatile person Professor Klingklang, a famous conductor An Art teacher Professor and Students at an art academy and Chorus.. ..The action takes places during the years 1913 to 1940 in Germany, later in Nice, France”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“..Since I myself needed a year to discover the significance of this strange work, many of the texts and tunes, particularly in the first paintings, elude my memory and must - like the creation as a whole so it seems to me - remain shrouded in darkness.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The creation of the following paintings is to be imagined as follows: A person is sitting beside the sea. She is painting. A tune suddenly enters her mind. As she starts to hum it, she notices that the tune exactly matches what she is trying to commit to paper. A texts forms in her head, and she starts to sing the tune, with her own words, over and over again in a loud voice until the painting seems complete. Frequently, several texts take shape, and the result is a duet, or it..”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“..even happens that each character has to sing a different text, resulting in a chorus. The varied nature of the paintings should be attributed less to the author than to the varies nature of the characters to be portrayed. The author [= Charlotte Salomon] has tried.. ..to go completely out of herself to allow the characters to sing or speak in their own voices. In order to achieve this, many artistic values had to be renounced, but I hope that.. ..this will be forgiven. - The author, St. Jean, August 1940/42”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Franziska (mother of Charlotte): 'In Heaven everything is much more beautiful than here in earth – and when your Mummy has turned into a little angel she'll.. ..bring a letter, telling her what's like in Heaven..'. Franziska was of somewhat sentimental disposition.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fashion drawing teacher: Yes, drawing is a difficult art. One has to have some talent for it - and unfortunately you haven't. Charlotte: 'No, I refuse to stay here with this stupid old cow, where through the dirty window even the sun's bright ray can only dimly play.. .Only he who dares can win. Only he who dares can begin.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Daberlohn's diagnosis [about the etching she made as his portrait] holds encouragement for Charlotte.. ..Daberlohn (in his letter) 'In my opinion you are destined to create something above average.' .. ..'Above average.' She is elated by his letter and really feels quite proud.. .While beginning to paint the buttercup-strewn meadow where she happens to be sitting, she decides to make his prophecy come true and actually create something 'above average'.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Charlotte: 'I have some more [paintings she recently made] to show you'. Daberlohn: Well, let's meet this evening... .. Isn't it absurd to address each other so formally? You're such a baby – here, let me hold your hand.. ..Real painter's hands'. Charlotte: 'To me they're just ugly'.. ..'You would be a wonderful subject for a portrait -' Daberlohn (to himself) : 'Little girl, if you only knew what one has to go through to be able to paint'.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The following pictures are those which to the author seem the strangest. Without doubt they have their origin in Michelangelo Rome series of the main section that was sung with the loudest and most penetrating voice of this entire opus. ('Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo')”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Daberlohn writes: 'The creation of Adam is God's final act which He hurls from His heights into the depths. It is not the same God Who creates eve. This is the tragedy of the king who must hand over his dominion to his son…”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Daberlohn: 'One must first go into oneself to be able to go out of oneself. One means of going out of oneself is, for me, the movie, man's machine for producing himself'.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“..Thus in the presence of the scorching sun, purple sea, and luxuriant blossoms, the memory of an experience of her fervid early love [Daberlohn = Alfred Wolfsohn ] came back to her. And she tried to visualize that face, that figure. And Io, she succeeded, and she noticed that this was a very interesting occupation. For she discovered that that figure...”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...might possibly preserve her from suicide inasmuch as she remembered one of Amadeus's favorite utterances: Love, know thyself first in order to love thy neighbour. And then: one has to go into oneself - into one's childhood - to be able to go out of oneself. And he felt that the movie was the machine of modern man as a means of going out of oneself. And finally she recalled the famous couple embracing under a bathrobe, functioning as one person.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And now something strange happened to our Charlotte. While busy painting, as she always was, she fell asleep in the midday sun. And when she awoke, the finished portrait of her once so ardently beloved Daberlohn [ = Alfred Wolfsohn ] lay before her. However, she tore the sheet into a hundred thousand shreds.. ..she sought for an explanation.. .Then her glace fell on one of her old paintings representing Death and the Maiden. And suddenly she knew...”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...two things. First that Daberlohn's eyes seemed to say: 'Death and the Maiden, that is the two of us;' and second, that she still loved him as much as ever. And if he was Death, then everything was alright, then she did not have to kill herself like her ancestors.. .So she was in fact the living model for his theories, and she remembered...”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...his book, Orpheus, or the Way to a Death Mask, of which he had said that he regretted not having written it as a poem. And with dream-awakened eyes she saw all the beauty around her, saw the sea, felt the sun, and knew: she had to vanish for a while from the human plane and make every sacrifice in order to create her world anew out of the depths.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And from that came: Life or Theatre?”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life or Theatre?”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source