Kathe Kollwitz

Look at life with the eyes of a child. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#eyes #life #look

I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#die #faithfully #grown #i #i do

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#ahead #among #artists #connection #count

I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#grown #i #last #me #placed

It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#heaped #men #never-ending #suffering #sufferings

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#diverted #emotions #i #longer #other

To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#i #i do #indeed #inspired #itself

While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#along #am #bearing #being #burden