Died on May 2 — Quotes

To become an artist you have to be curious.

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.

If the world is against the truth, then I am against the world.

They call themselves ignorant and say the 'professor' is the one who has knowledge and to whom they should listen.

Il avait besoin d'être seul, tant il se sentait envahi par cette agitation de toute la pensée et de tout le corps que jette en nous chaque rencontre d'une femme qu'on est sur le point d'aimer

That man is of supreme folly who always wants for fear of wanting; and his life flies away while he is still hoping to enjoy the good things which he has with extreme labour acquired.

إن الضعف البشري يقود الناس إلى الاجتماع والتعاون، فلم يلبث هؤلاء الشبان أن اجتمعوا فوجدت السياسة مرعاها الخصب بينهم، وهكذا كانت الشبيبة تخرج من مصارعة حراس المجلس التشريعي لتتجه إلى المسارح حيث تشاهد (تالما) لابسًا قبعة تشبه قبعة الامبراطور، أو تسير إلى المدافن لتحتفل بمأتم نائب من الأحرار، وتعود إلى مساكنها كل مساء شاعرة بفراغ حياتها وعبث محاولتها.

The events of the past one and one-half years have gripped the whole German people and affected them deeply. It seems almost like a dream that out of the valley of misery, hopelessness, hate, and fragmentation we have found our way back to a German national community. The horrendous tensions in which we have lived since the August days of 1914 have dissolved, and out of this discord, the German soul has emerged once again, before which the glorious and yet so painful history of our people pass in review, from the sagas of the German heroes to the trenches of Verdun, and even to the street fights of our time.

A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.

My body will not be a tomb for other creatures.

"Further than this, influenced by Platonic thought, Leonardo's conception of painting was, as an intellectual state or condition, outwardly projected. The painter who practised his art without reasoning of its nature was like a mirror unconsciously reflecting what was before it. Although without a "manual act" painting could not be realized, its true problems — problems of light, of colour, pose and composition, of primitive and derivative shadow — had all to be grasped by the mind without bodily labour. Beyond this, the scientific foundation in art came through making it rest upon an accurate knowledge of nature. Even experience was only a step towards attaining this."

My darling girl, Unfortunately, this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh. All the same, or precisely for this reason, it is happiness and comfort for us men to have a precious sweetheart - and I have the most precious, the dearest and best of all!

Those who are served by the present limit-situation regard the untested feasibility as a threatening limit-situation which must not be allowed to materialize, and act to maintain the status quo.

The instant does not have time; and time is made from the movement of the instant.

The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain