Paul Klee Quotes

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. ”
- Paul Klee

A line is a dot that went for a walk.”
- Paul Klee

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. ”
- Paul Klee

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. ”
- Paul Klee

Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe, graphic fruits fall off. My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will. ”
- Paul Klee

He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise.”
- Paul Klee

In 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 Klee

Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.”
- Paul Klee

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

One eye sees, the other feels.”
- Paul Klee

The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.”
- Paul Klee

The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.”
- Paul Klee

The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.”
- Paul Klee

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

When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed. ”
- Paul Klee