Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Else Lasker-Schuler

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German poet Else Lasker-Schuler.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Else Lasker-Schuler

Else Lasker-Schüler was a German-Jewish poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and her poetry. She was one of the few women affiliated with the Expressionist movement. Lasker-Schüler fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in Jerusalem.

Were my smile not submerged in my countenance, / I should suspend it over her grave. — © Else Lasker-Schuler
Were my smile not submerged in my countenance, / I should suspend it over her grave.
My love for you is the sole image / Of God a human is allowed.
My breath hovers over the river of God - / Softly I set my foot / On the path to my long home.
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