I have a clear view of 12 years of history of my inner self. First the cramped self, that self with big blinkers, then the disappearance of the blinkers and the self, now gradually the reemergence of a self without blinkers. — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
The creation lives as genesis beneath the visible surface of the work. All intelligent people see this after the fact, but only the creative… — Paul Klee Copy Share
The more horrible this world (as today, for instance), the more abstract our art, whereas a happy world brings forth an art of the… — Paul Klee Copy Share
Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples… — Paul Klee Copy Share
“After all, it's rather difficult to achieve the exact minimum, and it involves risks.” — Paul Klee Copy Share
What my art probably lacks is a kind of passionate humanity... There is no sensuous relationship, not even the noblest, between myself and the… — Paul Klee Copy Share
The pictorial work was born of movement, is itself recorded movement, and is assimilated through movement (eye muscles). — Paul Klee Copy Share
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… — Paul Klee Copy Share
My hand is entirely the implement of a distant sphere. It is not my head that functions but something else, something higher, something somewhere… — Paul Klee Copy Share
I have a clear view of 12 years of history of my inner self. First the cramped self, that self with big blinkers, then… — Paul Klee Copy Share
When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed. — Paul Klee Copy Share
Colour has taken hold of me; no longer do I have to chase after it. I know that it has hold of me forever.… — Paul Klee Copy Share
