Käthe Kollwitz - War Quotes

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Every war already carries within it the war that will answer it. Every war is answered by a new war, until everything is smashed. That is why I am so wholeheartedly for a radical end to this madness and why my only hope is in world socialism.

Käthe Kollwitz

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.

Käthe 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.

Käthe Kollwitz

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.

Käthe Kollwitz