Quotes by Paul Klee

“The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen”

“Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible”

“He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise.”

“Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first.”

“A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller.”

“To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers.”

“Color possesses me. I dont 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.”

“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.”

“A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.”

A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller.

One eye sees, the other feels.

A line is a dot that went for a walk.

Art does not reproduce what we see. It makes us see.

Art does not reproduce what is visible, it makes things visible.

Color has got me. I no longer need to chase after it. It has got me for ever. I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour.

Art does not reproduce the visible rather it makes it visible.

The more horrifying this world becomes the more art becomes abstract.

Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.

Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.

Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first.