Vachel Lindsay
American poet
Franz Marc
German artist (1880-1916)
Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marcwas a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it.
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About the Franz Marc
Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marcwas a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiterin 2022.
8 Quotes by Franz Marc
- 1.
Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them.
Franz MarcGerman artist (1880-1916)
- 2.
Like everything genuine, its inner life guarantees its truth. All works of art created by truthful minds without regard for the work’s conventional exterior remain genuine for all times.
Franz MarcGerman artist (1880-1916)
- 3.
What appears spectral today will be natural tomorrow.
Franz MarcGerman artist (1880-1916)
- 4.
Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance… We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature.
Franz MarcGerman artist (1880-1916)
- 5.
Serious art has been the work of individual artists whose art has had nothing to do with style because they were not in the least connected with the style or the needs of the masses. Their work arose rather in defiance of their times.
Franz MarcGerman artist (1880-1916)
- 6.
Religions die slowly.
Franz MarcGerman artist (1880-1916)
- 7.
We are staunch and true and in rather a champagne mood.
Franz MarcGerman artist (1880-1916)
- 8.
Blue is the male principle, stern and spiritual. Yellow the female principle, gentle, cheerful and sensual. Red is matter, brutal and heavy and always the colour which must be fought and vanquished by the other two.
Franz MarcGerman artist (1880-1916)