Egon Schiele quotes

Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal. (Egon Schiele)
I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds. View quote
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Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside. View quote
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Everything is dead while it lives. View quote
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At present, I am mainly observing the physical motion of mountains, water, trees and flowers. One is everywhere reminded of similar movements in the human body, of similar impulses of joy and suffering in plants. View quote
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I do not deny that I have made drawings and watercolors of an erotic nature. But they are always works of art. Are there no artists who have done erotic pictures? View quote
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To restrict the artist is a crime. It is to murder germinating life. View quote
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I believe in the immortality of all creatures. View quote
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I am so rich that I must give myself away. View quote
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All beautiful and noble qualities have been united in me... I shall be the fruit which will leave eternal vitality behind even after its decay. How great must be your joy, therefore, to have given birth to me. View quote
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My mother is a very strange woman... She doesn't understand me in the least and doesn't love me much either. If she had either love or understanding she would be prepared to make sacrifices. (Egon Schiele)
I don't know whether there is anyone else at all who remembers my noble father with such sadness. View quote
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