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Let everyone regulate his conduct. . . by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.

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Caspar David Friedrich

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him.

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All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being aware of it.

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You call me a misanthrope because I avoid society. You err; I love society. Yet in order not to hate people, I must avoid their company.

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I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.

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The eye and fantasy feel more attracted by nebulous distance than by that which is close and distinct in front of us.

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Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have seen in the darkness, that its effect may work back, from without to within.

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