Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.

Quote by Ellen Key

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Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the...

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life;...

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life;...

Art, that great undogmatized church.

Art, that great undogmatized church.

Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it...

Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it...

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and...

The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and...

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

From childhood's hour I have not been As others were--I have not seen As others...

From childhood's hour I have not been As others were--I have not seen As others...

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

Painting is the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to...

Painting is the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to...

In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that...

In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that...

It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a...

It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a...

Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by...

Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by...

It is a painting that exposes in oils what Chekhov so often did in print:...

It is a painting that exposes in oils what Chekhov so often did in print:...

A painting is like a man. If you can live without it, then there isn't...

A painting is like a man. If you can live without it, then there isn't...

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful....

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful....