Paula Modersohn-Becker Quote

Last year I wrote: the intensity with which a subject is grasped, that is what makes for beauty in art. Isn't it also true for love?


excerpt of her Journal, Worpswede 1899; as quoted in Voicing our visions, – Writings by women artists; ed. Mara R. Witzling, Universe New York, 1991


Last year I wrote: the intensity with which a subject is grasped, that is what makes for beauty in art. Isn't it also true for love?

Last year I wrote: the intensity with which a subject is grasped, that is what makes for beauty in art. Isn't it also true for love?

Last year I wrote: the intensity with which a subject is grasped, that is what makes for beauty in art. Isn't it also true for love?

Last year I wrote: the intensity with which a subject is grasped, that is what makes for beauty in art. Isn't it also true for love?