If all the people who have been hurt by the war were to exclude joy from their lives, it would almost be as if they had died. Kathe Kollwitz More Quotes by Kathe Kollwitz More Quotes From Kathe Kollwitz Recently I began reading my old diaries. Back to before the war. Gradually I became very depressed. The reason for that is probably that I wrote only when there were obstacles and halts to the flow of life, seldom when everything was smooth and even. ... As I read I distinctly felt what a half-truth a diary presents. Kathe Kollwitz flow reading war Culture arises only when the individual fulfills his cycle of obligations. If everyone recognizes and fulfills his cycle of obligations, genuineness emerges. The culture of a whole nation can in the final analysis be built upon nothing else. Kathe Kollwitz finals analysis culture Bisexuality is almost a necessary factor in artistic production; at any rate, the tinge of masculinity within me helped me in my work. Kathe Kollwitz masculinity homosexuality artistic I am in the world to change the world. Kathe Kollwitz changing-the-world life world 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 related inspired knows Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work. Kathe Kollwitz hard-work matter peace As in everything else, I find that age is not good for much, that one becomes deafer and less sensitive. Also, the higher up the mountain you climb, the less of a view you get. A mist closes in and cheats you of the hoped-for and expected opportunity to see far and wide. Kathe Kollwitz age views opportunity For me the Koenigsberg longshoremen had beauty; the Polish jimkes on their grain ships had beauty; the broad freedom of movement in the gestures of the common people had beauty. Middle-class people held no appeal for me at all. Kathe Kollwitz class beauty people The development of the national spirit in its present form leads into blind alleys. Some condition must be found which preserves the life of the nation, but rules out the fatal rivalry among nations. Kathe Kollwitz blind development spirit Growing old is partly an inescapable process of accommodation and adjustment. Kathe Kollwitz growing process art Men without joy seem like corpses. Kathe Kollwitz corpses joy men I have received a commission to make a poster against war. That is a task that makes me happy. Some may say a thousand times that this is not pure art.... but as long as I can work, I want to be effective with my art. Kathe Kollwitz war long art I do not want to dieuntil I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the see that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown. Kathe Kollwitz It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high. Kathe Kollwitz duty voice suffering men I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown. Kathe Kollwitz seed small me want
