Egon Schiele quotes

Egon Schiele was an Austrian artist known for his intense, provocative portraits and innovative style. His work is characterized by raw emotional expression, bold lines, and unusual compositions that helped shape early modern art. He left a lasting impact on the Expressionist movement and is celebrated as one of the most influential figures of Austrian art. Here are 12 of his quotes:

I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds.

Egon Schiele

Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.

Egon Schiele

Everything is dead while it lives.

Egon Schiele

At present, I am mainly observing the physical motion of mountains, water, trees and flowers. One is everywhere reminded of similar movements in the human body, of similar impulses of joy and suffering in plants.

Egon Schiele

I do not deny that I have made drawings and watercolors of an erotic nature. But they are always works of art. Are there no artists who have done erotic pictures?

Egon Schiele

To restrict the artist is a crime. It is to murder germinating life.

Egon Schiele

I believe in the immortality of all creatures.

Egon Schiele

I am so rich that I must give myself away.

Egon Schiele

All beautiful and noble qualities have been united in me... I shall be the fruit which will leave eternal vitality behind even after its decay. How great must be your joy, therefore, to have given birth to me.

Egon Schiele

I don't know whether there is anyone else at all who remembers my noble father with such sadness.

Egon Schiele