„Why, the question is often asked of meDo you choose as subjects for paintingSo often death, perishing and the grave?In order to one day live eternallyOne must often submit oneself to death.“

— Caspar David Friedrich

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„I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.“
— Frida Kahlo
„You can’t beat death butyou can beat death in life, sometimes.and the more often you learn to do it,the more light there will be.your life is your life.know it while you have it.“
— Charles Bukowski
„…death came so easily, hardly announced, without apparent cause, often greeted with smiles.“
— Anthony Burgess