Caspar David Friedrich Quotes

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am. Solitude is indispensible for my dialogue with nature.

Caspar David Friedrich

• Nature
• Alone
• Feel
• Surrender
• Contemplate
• Merge

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  Caspar David Friedrich
  • Nature
  • Alone
  • Feel