--- title: "1 Art Happy Quotes By Paul Klee" description: "1 Art Happy quotes by Paul Klee. Plus more from Paul Klee and more Art Happy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/paul-klee-4253_abstract_the-more-horrible-this-world-as-today-fo_19753.jpg" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/the-more-horrible-this-world-as-today-for-instance-the-more-abstract/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/paul-klee-4253_abstract_the-more-horrible-this-world-as-today-fo_19753.jpg) ## More by Paul Klee > [Art makes something a lot more visible or audible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/art-makes-something-a-lot-more-visible-or-audible/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [The creation lives as genesis beneath the visible surface of the work. All intelligent people see this after the fact, but only the creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/the-creation-lives-as-genesis-beneath-the-visible-surface-of-the-work/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [The more horrible this world (as today, for instance), the more abstract our art, whereas a happy world brings forth an art of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/the-more-horrible-this-world-as-today-for-instance-the-more-abstract/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/children-also-have-artistic-ability-and-there-is-wisdom-in-there/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/color-is-the-place-where-our-brain-and-the-universe-meet/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [See with one eye, feel with the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/see-with-one-eye-feel-with-the-other/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [“After all, it's rather difficult to achieve the exact minimum, and it involves risks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/after-all-it-s-rather-difficult-to-achieve-the-exact-minimum-and-it/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/the-worst-state-of-affairs-is-when-science-begins-to-concern-itself/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [What my art probably lacks is a kind of passionate humanity... There is no sensuous relationship, not even the noblest, between myself and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/what-my-art-probably-lacks-is-a-kind-of-passionate-humanity-there-is/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [The pictorial work was born of movement, is itself recorded movement, and is assimilated through movement (eye muscles).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/the-pictorial-work-was-born-of-movement-is-itself-recorded-movement/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/democracy-with-its-semi-civilization-sincerely-cherishes-junk-the/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [My hand is entirely the implement of a distant sphere. It is not my head that functions but something else, something higher, something somewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/my-hand-is-entirely-the-implement-of-a-distant-sphere-it-is-not-my/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [I have a clear view of 12 years of history of my inner self. First the cramped self, that self with big blinkers, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/i-have-a-clear-view-of-12-years-of-history-of-my-inner-self-first-the/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) > [When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/when-looking-at-any-significant-work-of-art-remember-that-a-more/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/colour-has-taken-hold-of-me-no-longer-do-i-have-to-chase-after-it-i/) [Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-happy/paul-klee/#itemlist", "name": "1 Art Happy Quotes By Paul Klee", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Klee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/the-more-horrible-this-world-as-today-for-instance-the-more-abstract/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/paul-klee-4253_abstract_the-more-horrible-this-world-as-today-fo_19753.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/paul-klee-4253_abstract_the-more-horrible-this-world-as-today-fo_19753.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/paul-klee-4253_abstract_the-more-horrible-this-world-as-today-fo_19753.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The more horrible this world (as today, for instance), the more abstract our art, whereas a happy world…” — Paul Klee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-happy/paul-klee/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-happy/paul-klee/", "name": "Art Happy Quotes by Paul Klee", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-happy/paul-klee/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/paul-klee-4253_abstract_the-more-horrible-this-world-as-today-fo_19753.jpg" }, "description": "1 Art Happy quotes by Paul Klee. 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