That's the way it goes, you know, I'm always dissatisfied and always I want to go on. (translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

Notes from Wikiquote

in a letter to Herwarth Walden, 1 June 1914; as cited by Arend H. Huussen Jr. in Jacoba van Heemskerck, kunstenares van het Expressionisme, Haags Gemeentemuseum The Hague, 1982, p. 19

More quotes by Jacoba van Heemskerck

All men forget that colors have to radiate to give the big [spiritual] expression. (translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

Nothing special is happening here in the paintersworld [of the Netherlands]; everything stays firmly the same. (translation, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

As an artist you can not stand for long in The Netherlands. You must see a lot and talk a lot about everything.. (translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

The country [ Brittany ] is very beautiful and painterly one see stimulating color tones; but the more abstract one works, the more one transforms the sketch into combinations. (translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

All Jacoba van Heemskerck quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Jacoba van Heemskerck (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.

That's the way it goes, you know, I'm always dissatisfied and always I want to go on. (translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

Share this quote

Notes from Wikiquote

More quotes by Jacoba van Heemskerck

Attribution