"Art is something given, not reproduced... the painter paints what he sees with his innermost senses, the expression of his being.. every other impression becomes, for him, an inner expression."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Erster Deutscher Herbstsalaon (1913)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Herwarth_Walden
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Herwarth Walden
Herwarth Walden (actual name Georg Lewin, September 16, 1879, in Berlin – October 31, 1941, in Saratov, Russia) was a German Expressionist artist and art expert in many disciplines. He is broadly acknowledged as one of the most important discoverers and promoters of German avant-garde art in the early twentieth century (Expressionism, Futurism, Dadaism, Magic Realism).
1 quote on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Herwarth Walden →
Related Quotes
"Give me love and contentment that I may proclaim thy glory, Lord of earth; give me health with competence, a pious he…"
"I always believe – If I direct I’ll become a better actor, and if I act I’ll become a better diretor"
"Part of me would say that you do everything and anything because even in something that may not seem interesting at t…"
"I think the challenge has been to make a living basically because we are not hugely supported"
"I tend to be a very optimistic person"
"I seldom get depressed and if I do, it’s very shortlived and it’s usually about a play or in the process of a character"
"I think I felt a great sense of liberation when I turned 40. I was less hard on myself. We have this terrible stigma …"
"Never say no. I always said no at the beginning. I’d say, “No, I won’t do this, I’ll wait for that. No, I won’t do th…"
"Day by day, as I started learning about photography, I fell more in love with it. There was a huge need for women pho…"
""How A Female Photographer Sees Her Afghanistan". NPR.org. Retrieved 12 April 2025."