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DAS ALLES, WILHELM, MACHT MICH STUMM 2004
ALL THIS, WILHELM, MAKES ME SILENT 1 2

ink on paper, size variable, here: 44 parts, 84 x 330 cm

»(...) When I consider the narrow limits within which our active and inquiring faculties

are confined; when I see how all our energies are wasted in providing for mere necessities,

which again have no further end than to prolong a wretched existence; and then that all

our satisfaction concerning certain subjects of investigation ends in nothing better

than a passive resignation, whilst we amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with

bright figures and brilliant landscapes,-- when I consider all this, Wilhelm, I am silent. (...)«

(from: The Sorrows of Young Werther by J. W. Goethe, translation by R.D. Boylan)

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DAS ALLES, WILHELM, MACHT MICH STUMM 2004 ALL THIS, WILHELM, MAKES ME SILENT	1 2



ink on paper, size variable, here: 44 parts, 84 x 330 cm



»(...) When I consider the narrow limits within which our active and inquiring faculties are confined; when I see how all our energies are wasted in providing for mere necessities, which again have no further end than to prolong a wretched existence; and then that all our satisfaction concerning certain subjects of investigation ends in nothing better than a passive resignation, whilst we amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes,-- when I consider all this, Wilhelm, I am silent. (...)« (from: The Sorrows of Young Werther by J. W. Goethe, translation by R.D. Boylan)