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Oskar Kokoschka Quotes

1886–1980 Austria

Oskar Kokoschka (March 1, 1886 – February 22, 1980) was an Austrian artist and poet of Czech origin, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes.

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I cannot say why I wanted to paint. The only answer is in the pictures themselves.

Open your eyes at last and see... now I will open the book of the world for you, there are no words in it, just pictures.

The awareness of imagery is part of living... a life which derives its power from within itself will focus on the perception... of images.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oskar Kokoschka (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.