71 result(s) for Paul Klee Quotes.
"He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise."
"Art does not reflect what can be seen, but makes the invisible visible."
"A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world."
"Simplicity is a complicated thing."
"Art is the signature of civilizations."
"Art does not imitate, but interpret."
"Art does not reflect what is seen, rather it makes the hidden visible."
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"I must have smoke in my eyes to paint."
"Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion and a bit boring. Art and poetry are a realm of their own, needing no justification."
"There is no must in art because art is free."
"A well filled day gives quiet sleep."
"People look at reality as if it were the representation of reality."
"Color has taken possession of me; no longer do I have to chase after it. I know that it has hold of me forever... Color and I are one. I am a painter."
"Art does not reproduce the visible, rather, it makes visible."
"I cannot be grasped in the here and now. For I reside just as much with the dead as with the unborn. Somewhat closer to the heart of creation than usual. But far from the most high."
"In the midst of an age of materialism and artificiality, art bears witness to a longing for faith."
"The more tragic things get, the more I feel like laughing."
"Make your own rules than others for they will clap for your mistake, but they can't stand for your success."
"Art does not reproduce what we see. It makes us see."
"A picture is a poem without words."
"A face is nothing. The most interesting angles are those which are scarcely visible."
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"The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo."
"Art is like a seed, it constitutes a promise, a hope for a future."
"One can do what one wants so long as it is done with fervor and a certain kind of perfection."
"Color is joy. One does not think joy. One is carried by it."
"All meaningful and lasting beauty is on the edge of our understanding."
"Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour: Color and I are one. I am a painter."
"Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe, graphic fruits fall off. My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will."
"Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet."
"The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions."
"A room is not a room without natural light."
"Take a line for a walk, it goes for a walk by itself."
"Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit."
"Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view."
"Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen."
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"Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man."
"A work of art is a confession."
"A picture is no substitute for anything."
"Color has taken possession of me; no longer do I have to chase after it, I know that it has hold of me forever."
"Art does not have to reproduce what is visible, but make things visible."
"I cannot be grasped in the here and now. For I reside just as much with the dead as with the unborn. Somewhat closer to the heart of creation than usual."
"Make your own nature, not the advice of others, your guide in life."
"Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour."
"I am very fond of the meaning of words and rather indifferent to their sounds."
"A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller."
"It is rather as if you were walking through a room and your subconscious is working on everything."
"The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract."
"I tell my students, 'Nurture,' 'seek,' 'look for,' 'remove boredom,' 'show mercy.'"
"The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel."
"No one need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
"The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need. The world never needed Beethoven's Fifth Symphony until he created it."
"Art does not reproduce the visible but makes visible."
"To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers."
"A line is a dot that went for a walk."
"One eye sees, the other feels."
"Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I know it."
"A single day is enough to make us a little larger."
"The more terrible the storm, the more exciting the drama."
"Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."
"A drawing is simply a line going for a walk."
"A drawing is essentially a language of vision."
"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct."
"Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible."
"A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist’s world."
"Color has taken possession of me; no longer do I have to chase after it."
"Drawing is like taking a line for a walk."
"I and the public know what all schoolchildren learn, those to whom evil is done do evil in return."
"Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void."
"In the final analysis, a drawing simply is no longer a drawing, no matter how self-sufficient its execution may be. It is a symbol, and the more profoundly the imaginary lines of projection meet higher dimensions, the better."
"Drawing is the art of taking lines for a walk."
"A drawing should be a testimony of our vital reserve and have deep roots in our warmest emotions."
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