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> [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.](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/)

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## 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/)

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