What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality. Max Beckmann More Quotes by Max Beckmann More Quotes From Max Beckmann The laws of art are eternal and don't change at all, as the moral laws don't change in human beings. Max Beckmann moral law art Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life. Max Beckmann political real men I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life. Max Beckmann political-life political real One of my problems is to find the Ego, which has only one form and is immortal - to find it in animals and men, in the heaven and in the hell which together form the world in which we live. Max Beckmann animal men heaven On my left the shooting had the sharp explosion of the infantry artillery, on my right could be heard the sporadic cannon shots thundering from the front, and up above the sky was clear and the sun bright. Max Beckmann right shooting sun sky I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality. Max Beckmann painting hate love believe
