“I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes first.”
Diary entry (April 1910).
The Diary and Letters of Käthe Kollwitz (1955)
Context: I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes first. When both the boys went away for Easter, I hardly did anything but work. Worked, slept, ate and went for short walks. But above all I worked. And yet I wonder whether the "blessing" is not missing from such work. No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.