From the root, the sap rises up into the artist, flows through him, flows to his eye. Overwhelmed and activated by the force of the current, he conveys his vision into his work. And yet, standing at his appointed place as the trunk of the tree, he does nothing other than gather and pass on what rises from the depths. He neither serves nor commands he transmits. His position is humble. And the beauty at the crown is not his own; it has merely passed through him.
You adapt yourself to the contents of the paintbox. - Paul Klee
You adapt yourself to the contents of the paintbox.
- Paul Klee
All the things an artist must be: poet, explorer of nature, philosopher! - Paul Klee
All the things an artist must be: poet, explorer of nature, philosopher!
Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet. - Paul Klee
Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.
Art doesn't reflect what we see; it makes us see. - Paul Klee
Art doesn't reflect what we see; it makes us see.
I paint in order not to cry. - Paul Klee
I paint in order not to cry.
Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view. - Paul Klee
Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.
One eye sees, the other feels. - Paul Klee
One eye sees, the other feels.
A line comes into being. It goes out for a walk, so to speak, aimlessly for the sake of the walk. - Paul Klee
A line comes into being. It goes out for a walk, so to speak, aimlessly for the sake of the walk.
A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. - Paul Klee
A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.
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