My hand is entirely the implement of a distant sphere. It is not my head that functions but something else, something higher, something somewhere remote. I must have great friends there, dark as well as bright. They are all very kind to me.
Paul KleeI want to be as though new-born, knowing nothing, absolutely nothing. Then I want to do something modest; to work out by myself a tiny, formal motive, one that my pencil will be able to hold without technique.
Paul KleeWhen looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.
Paul KleeColor possesses me. I don't 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.
Paul KleeIt is the artistic mission to penetrate as far as may be toward that secret ground where primal law feeds growth.
Paul KleeColor 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.
Paul KleeIn the final analysis, a drawing simply is no longer a drawing, no matter how self-sufficient its execution may be. It is a symbol, and the more profoundly the imaginary lines of projection meet higher dimensions, the better.
Paul KleeChildren 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.
Paul KleeEach energy calls for its complementary energy to achieve self-contained stability based on the play of energies.
Paul KleeLight 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.
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