Famous quotes
Quotes by famous people, credited to who said them. Your own quotes must not match any of these. More are added all the time. 1,158,808 quotes Who coined it · How we decide
EnglishItalianoPolskiעבריתFrançaisPortuguêsفارسیEspañol中文РусскийDeutschالعربيةहिन्दी日本語ΕλληνικάLatina
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
6 quotes
“I know of no 'new programme'.. .Only that art is forever manifesting itself in new forms, since there are forever new personalities – its essence can never alter, I believe. Perhaps I am wrong. But speaking for myself, I know that I have no programme, only the unaccountable longing to grasp what I see and feel, and to find the purest means of expressing for it.”
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In the periodical 'Kunst und Künstler', 1914; as quoted in Expressionism', ; Praeger Publishers, New York, 1973, p. 20
“The essence of art can never change. I'm convinced you can't talk about art. At best, you will have a translation, a poetic paraphrase, & as for that I'll leave that to the poets.”
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In: New Program - Kunst & Kunstler, Berlin 1914
“On occasion I came to exaggerate certain forms, in violation of scientific proportion but in accordance with the balance of their spiritual relationships to each other. I made heads vastly oversized in relation to other parts of the body, because the head is the point of concentration of all the psyche, all expression.”
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff: Graphik, Verlag Karl Thiemig, Munich, 1971, p. 100; as quoted in 'Portfolios', Alexander Dückers; in German Expressionist Prints and Drawings - Essays Vol 1.; published by Museum Ass…
“..we didn't have the intention at all of founding a new style.. .What we wanted, was a refusal of the outmoded, overly-cultivated art practices.”
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: as quoted in Ernst Ludwig Kirchner und Die 'Brücke: Selbstbildnisse, Künstlerbildnisse, Jutta Hülsewig-Johnen & Egging Björn; Kerber, Bielefeld 2005, p. 174; as quoted by Louise Albiez (incl. translation), Brücke und Be…
“The atelier was under the roof. Inhabiting this space was forbidden due to fire code restrictions, but staying and working there was allowed. We therefore had to avoid the impression that these were our living quarters. The most necessary furniture had to disappear into the attic during the day. And so the place was decorated purely with curtains. A curtain hung in front of the entrance door, a second one in front of the oven heating.. ..an adjoining room was hidden by a curtain with abstractedly patterned batik.”
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In: Brücke und Berlin: 100 Jahre Expressionismus, Anita Beloubek-Hammer, ed.; Berlin: Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 2005, p. 312 (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272168564 translation, Claire Louise A…
“To get straight to the point, the local group of artist called Die Brücke would reckon it a high honour to be able to welcome you as a member. Of course you will know as little about Die Brücke as we knew about you before your exhibition at [Arnold’s [gallery Arnold at Dresden. Now, one of the aims of Die Brücke is to attract all the revolutionary and fermenting elements to itself – that’s the meaning of the name Brücke. The group also arranges several exhibitions a year, which it sends on tour in Germany.. .Now, dear Herr Nolde, think as you like and what you like, we hope this offer is the proper price for your tempests of colour.”
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976) first seen 1906 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter of Schmidt-Rottluff from Dresden, 1906 to Emil Nolde; as quoted in Expressionism, ; Praeger Publishers, New York, 1973, p. 32