August Macke

"It was the desire for living, vital expression which built Gothic cathedrals, which created Mozart sonatas. I believe it is going to stay that way for long time to come."

"Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, abstract painting, are only names given to a change which our artistic thinking wants to make and is thinking. Nobody has ever painted fallen raindrops suspended in th…"

"I have just been thinking that the Blaue Reiter does not really represent my work. I have always been convinced that other things of mine are more important. ... Narcism, fake heroism, and blindness h…"

"'Time' has a large part to play in looking at a picture. A picture gets covered in the course of its creation by a rhythmically measured network of colors, lines and dots, which evokes in its final fo…"

"I have been to Hagen, saw two Matisses, which enchanted me. A large collection of Japanese masks. Sublime! 'Neue Vereinigung' were hung in a bad light. ... Kandinsky, Jawlensky, Bechteleff and Erbslöh…"

"I have been in Munich this week, and got to know the whole 'Neue Künstlervereinigung' at Tannhauser's – Jawlensky, Kandinsky etc. For Munich they are very, very good, I was interested."

"The new discovery that I have made in painting is the following. There are chords of colors, let's say a certain red and green, which move, shimmer when you look at them. Now if you're looking at a tr…"

"He gives movement itself , the Futurists only illustrate movement."