The more horrible this world (as today, for instance), the more abstract our art, whereas a happy world brings forth an art of the here and now.
Paul KleeNothing 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 KleeFirst of all, the art of living; then as my ideal profession, poetry and philosophy, and as my real profession, plastic arts; in the last resort, for lack of income, illustrations.
Paul Klee