So often death, perishing and the grave? | In order to one day live eternally | One must often submit oneself to death. | (in original language - German: Warum, die Frag' ist oft zu mir ergangen
Wählst du zum Gegenstand der Malerei
So oft den Tod, Vergänglichkeit und Grab?
Um ewig einst zu leben
Muss man sich oft dem Tod ergeben.) | Quote c. 1812; from Caspar David Friedrich, William Vaughn; London: Tate Gallery, 1972, p. 16–17
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