You adapt yourself to the contents of the paintbox. Paul Klee More Quotes by Paul Klee More Quotes From Paul Klee Colour has taken hold of me; no longer do I have to chase after it. I know that it has hold of me forever. That is the significance of this blessed moment Paul Klee takenblessedforever The pictorial work was born of movement, is itself recorded movement, and is assimilated through movement (eye muscles). Paul Klee bornmovementeye The way to form transcends its own destination, goes beyond the end of the way itself. Paul Klee formendsway It is precisely the way which is productive - this is the essential thing; becoming is more important than being. Paul Klee essentialsimportantway For the understanding of a picture a chair is needed. Why a chair? To prevent the legs, as they tire, from interfering with the mind Paul Klee first-impressionunderstandingmind We construct and keep on constructing, yet intuition is still a good thing. Paul Klee constructsintuitiongood-things Sometimes I dream of a work of really great breadth, ranging through the whole region of object, meaning, and style. This, I fear, will remain a dream, but it is a good thing to bear the possibility occasionally in mind. Paul Klee styleminddream Everything passes, and what remains of former times, what remains of life, is the spiritual. In everything we do, the claim of the Absolute is unchanging. Paul Klee spiritualtimelife The creation of a work of art must of necessity, as a result of entering into the specific dimensions of pictorial art, be accompanied by distortion of the natural form. For, therein is nature reborn. Paul Klee enteringcreativityart Kunst gibt nicht das Sichtbare wieder, sondern macht sichtbar. Art does not reproduce the visible; rather it makes visible. Paul Klee visibledoeart The Biblical story of the creation is an excellent parable of movement. The work of art, too, is above all a process of creation, it is never experienced as a mere product. Paul Klee creationprocessart Nothing can be rushed. It must grow, it should grow of itself, and if the time ever comes for that work, then so much the better! Paul Klee craftsmotivationalinspirational Drawing is the art of taking a line for a walk. Paul Klee drawinglinesart Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine God. Or else, hatred against the bogged-down vileness of average man as against the possible heights that humanity might attain. Paul Klee sarcasmgodmen Everything vanishes round me and good works rise from me of their own accord. Paul Klee accordgood-workrounds Art makes something a lot more visible or audible. Paul Klee visibleart Like people, a picture has a skeleton, muscles and skin. Paul Klee skeletonshumanitypeople The beautiful, which is perhaps inseparable from art, is not after all tied to the subject, but to the pictorial representation. In this way and in no other does art overcome the ugly without avoiding it. Paul Klee beautifulbeautyart A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller. Paul Klee recoverychangeinspirational In earlier days, even as a child, the beauty of landscapes was quite clear to me. A background for the soul's moods. Now dangerous moments occur when Nature tries to devour me; at such times I am annihilated, but at peace. This would be fine for old people but I... I am my life's debtor, for I have given promises. Paul Klee naturechildrenpeople
