Choose language

Forgot your password?

Need a Spoofbox account? Create one for FREE!

No subscription or hidden extras

Login

Caspar David Friedrich

Read through the most famous quotes from Caspar David Friedrich




You call me a misanthrope because I avoid society. You err; I love society. Yet in order not to hate people, I must avoid their company.


— Caspar David Friedrich


#misanthrope #misanthropy #people #society #love

Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have seen in the darkness, that its effect may work back, from without to within.


— Caspar David Friedrich


#bodily #bring #close #darkness #effect

I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature.


— Caspar David Friedrich


#contemplate #feel #fully #i #nature

If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him.


— Caspar David Friedrich


#him #nothing #painting #sees #should

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.


— Caspar David Friedrich


#front #him #himself #inside #only






About Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich Quotes




Did you know about Caspar David Friedrich?

He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies morning mists barren trees or Gothic ruins. The early 20th century brought a renewed appreciation of his work beginning in 1906 with an exhibition of thirty-two of his paintings and sculptures in Berlin. Friedrich was born in the Swedish Pomeranian town of Greifswald where he began his studies in art as a youth.

back to top