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Caspar David Friedrich Quotes: The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand; there I represented it in the reeds.
         

The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand; there I represented it in the reeds.


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You call me a misanthrope because I avoid society. You err; I love society. Yet in order not to hate people, I must avoid their company.

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The eye and fantasy feel more attracted by nebulous distance than by that which is close and distinct in front of us.



I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.



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Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have seen in the darkness, that its effect may work back, from without to within.



Every true work of art must express a distinct feeling.

Every true work of art must express a distinct feeling.



The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art.

The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art.



A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling.

A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling.



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I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full.





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