"I just stepped out of the dark, still forest and found myself on a rising hill. In front of me I saw a valley, surrou…"

"Gently rising hills block the view into the distance; line the wishes and desires of the children, who enjoy the blis…"

"Alas, the blue arc of heaven / Is covered with gloomy clouds, / And the bright radiance of the sun / Is completely hi…"

"If a painting has a soulful effect on the viewer, if it puts his mind into a soulful mood, then it has fulfilled the …"

"Jesus Christ, nailed to the Cross [in his painting 'Cross in the Mountains (Tetschen Altar)',] is turned to the setti…"

"Why, the question is often asked of me"

"The picture [Friedrich's painting: 'The Cross on the Baltic Sea' ] for your friend has already been sketched out, but…"

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

"I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what…"

"The beauty, the spirit of Germany, its sun, moon, stars, rocks, seas and rivers can never be expressed this way.."