Emil Nolde Quotes


"Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties."
- Emil Nolde
(Related: Life, People, Difficulties)

"The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of one's own, in one's relation to the tool, the material and the colors."
- Emil Nolde
(Related: Art, Artist, Colors, Inventions)

"The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks."
- Emil Nolde
(Related: Work, Artist)

"What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work."
- Emil Nolde
(Related: Work, Artist, Worth)