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Kathe Kollwitz Quotes: Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work.
         

Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work.


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Every war carries within it the war which will answer it. Every war is answered by a new war, until everything, everything is smashed.

Every war carries within it the war which will answer it. Every war is answered by a new war, until everything, everything is smashed.



It is my duty to voice the sufferings of humankind, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain high. This is my task, but it is not an easy one to fulfill.

It is my duty to voice the sufferings of humankind, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain high. This is my task, but it is not an easy one to fulfill.



I can always paint very well with my eyes, but with my hands it doesn't always work out.

I can always paint very well with my eyes, but with my hands it doesn't always work out.



I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me, until the last small twig has grown.

I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me, until the last small twig has grown.



I was put in this world to change it.

I was put in this world to change it.



Where do all the women who have watched so carefully over the lives of their beloved ones get the heroism to send them to face the cannon?

Where do all the women who have watched so carefully over the lives of their beloved ones get the heroism to send them to face the cannon?



I thought I was a revolutionary and was only an evolutionary.

I thought I was a revolutionary and was only an evolutionary.



There are moments on most days when I feel a deep and sincere gratitude, when I sit at the open window, and there is a blue sky or moving clouds.

There are moments on most days when I feel a deep and sincere gratitude, when I sit at the open window, and there is a blue sky or moving clouds.



While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate.

While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate.



I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood. Anyone who looks at my works must be able to sense that.

I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood. Anyone who looks at my works must be able to sense that.





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On a beautiful day like this it would be best to stay in bed so you wouldn't get up and spoil it!

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That [Louisiana culture] was all very new to me. I read books and watched documentaries, just trying to immerse myself.

That [Louisiana culture] was all very new to me. I read books and watched documentaries, just trying to immerse myself.



It serves the purpose of not serving a purpose, surely quite a valid one.

It serves the purpose of not serving a purpose, surely quite a valid one.



She knows how to hang on to my money. I wish her mom were the same way.

She knows how to hang on to my money. I wish her mom were the same way.



The specific danger is us; we are rampant; this earth is our only friend; we are destroying it increment by increment at a horrific rate. We must understand that we can't buy it back.

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