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Kathe Kollwitz
German
Artist
About the author
Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more.
Kathe Kollwitz,
German
Artist
#Artists
#Genius
#Connection
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.
Kathe Kollwitz,
German
Artist
#Want
#Talent
I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.
Kathe Kollwitz,
German
Artist
#Want
It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high.
Kathe Kollwitz,
German
Artist
#Men
#Duty
#Voice
#Suffering
Look at life with the eyes of a child.
Kathe Kollwitz,
German
Artist
#Life
#Eyes
No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.
Kathe Kollwitz,
German
Artist
#Work
#Emotions
To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself.
Kathe Kollwitz,
German
Artist
#Day
#Power
#Religion
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.
Kathe Kollwitz,
German
Artist
#Right
#Children
#Being
#Responsibility
#Burden