Carl Schmitt American, 1889-1989

Carl Schmitt once wrote in one of his many notebooks:

The artist must have absolute faith in the truth of his imaginative vision.

Thus his goal as an artist was to paint his own aesthetic vision of creation. His guides were his own intuition and reason along with his deeply rooted Christian faith. Schmitt explained:

 All art is born in lyricism, begins in color and must never lose its lyrical impulse no matter how far sustained.

Schmitt continued to search into the mysteries of painting and the arts throughout his career, maintaining his good humor and acute intellect through years of debilitating and crushing poverty.