Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more.
To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself.
I do not want to die . . . until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.
No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.
For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.
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Published Sources for Quotations Above:
F:
The Diaries and Letters of Kathe Kollwitz," 1955.
R:
The Diaries and Letters of Kathe Kollwitz," 1955.
A:
The Diaries and Letters of Kathe Kollwitz," 1955.
N:
Diaries and Letters," ed. by Hans Kollwitz, 1955; entry for Apr 1910.
K:
Diaries and Letters," ed. by Hans Kollwitz, 1955; entry for 1 Jan 1912.
