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Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them.

~Franz Marc

Topics: Art Closer Does Dream Expression Get Inner Life More Nothing Our Questions See Surrender Them Things True Truth

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Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance... We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature.

~Franz Marc

Topics: Appearance Behind Hidden Inner Look Nature Paint Searching Side Spiritual Things Today Veil

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Blue is the male principle, stern and spiritual. Yellow the female principle, gentle, cheerful and sensual. Red is matter, brutal and heavy and always the colour which must be fought and vanquished by the other two.

~Franz Marc

Topics: Always Blue Brutal Cheerful Colour Female Fought Gentle Heavy Male Matter Must Other Principle Red Sensual Spiritual Stern Two Vanquished Which Yellow

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Like everything genuine, its inner life guarantees its truth. All works of art created by truthful minds without regard for the work's conventional exterior remain genuine for all times.

~Franz Marc

Topics: Art Conventional Created Everything Exterior Genuine Guarantees Inner Inner Life Life Like Minds Regard Remain Times Truth Truthful Without Work Works

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Serious art has been the work of individual artists whose art has had nothing to do with style because they were not in the least connected with the style or the needs of the masses. Their work arose rather in defiance of their times.

~Franz Marc

Topics: Art Artists Because Been Connected Defiance Had Individual Least Masses Needs Nothing Rather Serious Style Times Were Whose Work

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We are staunch and true and in rather a champagne mood.

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Topics: Champagne Mood Rather True

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Religions die slowly.

~Franz Marc

Topics: Die Religions Slowly

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What appears spectral today will be natural tomorrow.

~Franz Marc

Topics: Appears Natural Today Tomorrow Will

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Artist

Born: February 8th, 1880

Died: March 4th, 1916

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