Käthe Kollwitz Quote

The working-class woman shows me much more than the ladies who are totally limited by conventional behavior. The working-class woman shows me her hands, her feet, and her hair. She lets me see the shape and form of her body through her clothes. She presents herself and the expression of her feelings openly, without disguises.


Quoted in Käthe Kollwitz: Woman and Artist (1976) by Martha Kearns The Feminist Press, ISBN 0-912-67015-0, p. 82.


The working-class woman shows me much more than the ladies who are totally limited by conventional behavior. The working-class woman shows me her...

The working-class woman shows me much more than the ladies who are totally limited by conventional behavior. The working-class woman shows me her...

The working-class woman shows me much more than the ladies who are totally limited by conventional behavior. The working-class woman shows me her...

The working-class woman shows me much more than the ladies who are totally limited by conventional behavior. The working-class woman shows me her...