Art doesn't reflect what we see; it makes us see. Paul Klee More Quotes by Paul Klee More Quotes From Paul Klee Gradually compositions make an appearance again. Political - satirical - conceits expressed in one figure or a few. Paul Klee politicalfiguresappearance Democracy with its semi-civilization sincerely cherishes junk. The artists power should be spiritual. But the power of the majority is material. When these worlds meet occasionally, it is pure coincidence. Paul Klee artistspiritualcivilization Spatial art does not begin with a poetic mood or idea, but with construction of one or more figures, with the harmonizing of several colors and tones, or with the devaluation of spatial relationships and so on. Paul Klee colorspaceart ...A long struggle lies in store for me in this field of color. Paul Klee colorstrugglelying To give emphasis only to beauty makes me think of a mathematics that deals with positive numbers only. Paul Klee numbersgivingthinking I have a clear view of 12 years of history of my inner self. First the cramped self, that self with big blinkers, then the disappearance of the blinkers and the self, now gradually the reemergence of a self without blinkers. Paul Klee selfviewscharacter I still come closest to success with drawing. When I use color the results are dubious, for these painfully gained experiences bear less fruit. Paul Klee dubiousdrawingcolor One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded. Paul Klee distancegardenlying Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn. Paul Klee confusionnatureartist The beholder's eye, which moves like an animal grazing, follows paths prepared for it in the picture. Paul Klee eyeanimalmoving Light and the rational forms are locked in combat; light sets them into motion, bends what is straight, makes parallels oval, inscribes circles in the intervals, makes the intervals active. Paul Klee ovalcircleslight I still come closest to success with drawing. Paul Klee closestdrawingstills Each energy calls for its complementary energy to achieve self-contained stability based on the play of energies. Paul Klee lightselfhealing All is well with me. The rain doesn't reach me, my room is well heated, what more can one ask for? There's no shortage of work, either. Paul Klee wellsrainrooms To achieve vital harmony in a picture it must be constructed out of parts in themselves incomplete, brought into harmony only at the last stroke. Paul Klee harmonyachievelasts I must begin, not with hypothesis, but with specific instances, no matter how minute. Paul Klee hypothesisminutesmatter Frightened, I jump up from the bank, the struggle begins anew. Bitterness has returned. I am not Pan in the reed, I am merely a human being and want to climb a few steps, but really climb them. Paul Klee strugglefearwant Nature can afford to be prodigal in everything, the artist must be frugal down to the last detail. Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn. Paul Klee detailsconfusionartist In my productive activity, every time a type grows beyond the stage of its genesis, and I have about reached the goal, the intensity gets lost very quickly, and I have to look for new ways. Paul Klee goallooksway By using patches of color and tone it is possible to capture every natural impression in the simplest way, freshly and immediately. Paul Klee simplicitycolorway
