The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand.
~ Caspar David Friedrich

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All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being aware of it.
~ Caspar David Friedrich

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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

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Every truthful work of art must express a definite feeling, must move the spirit of the spectator either to joy or to sadness.
~ Caspar David Friedrich

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I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.
~ Caspar David Friedrich

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Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit.
~ Caspar David Friedrich

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The artist should not only paint what he sees before him, but also what he sees in himself. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should also refrain from painting what he sees before him.
~ Caspar David Friedrich

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I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature.
~ Caspar David Friedrich

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