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> [I started doing sculpture in 1959. I had no commissions then. They were painted, similar in style to the paintings... At a certain point, I decided I didn't want an edge between two colors, I wanted color differences in literal space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/i-started-doing-sculpture-in-1959-i-had-no-commissions-then-they-were/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

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> [I always felt that a painted edge between two colors was a depiction somehow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/i-always-felt-that-a-painted-edge-between-two-colors-was-a-depiction/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

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## Other authors on Edge

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## More by Ellsworth Kelly

> [I don't like acrylic because you can't get the density of color. And with each coat of oil paint, the surface gets better and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/i-don-t-like-acrylic-because-you-can-t-get-the-density-of-color-and/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [I have worked to free shape from its ground, and then to work the shape so that it has a definite relationship to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/i-have-worked-to-free-shape-from-its-ground-and-then-to-work-the/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [All my work comes from perceiving. I kept seeing things that were brooding in me. I'm not a geometric artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/all-my-work-comes-from-perceiving-i-kept-seeing-things-that-were/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [Time has always been very important in my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/time-has-always-been-very-important-in-my-work/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [My ideas I can find anywhere. And I draw because I have to note down my ideas or flashes - I call them flashes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/my-ideas-i-can-find-anywhere-and-i-draw-because-i-have-to-note-down/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [The paintings to me are always canvas; sculpture has always been metal, though I have made sculpture in wood, also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/the-paintings-to-me-are-always-canvas-sculpture-has-always-been-metal/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [The negative is just as important as the positive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/the-negative-is-just-as-important-as-the-positive/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [I'm not interested in edges. I'm interested in the mass and color, the black and white. The edges happen because the forms get as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/i-m-not-interested-in-edges-i-m-interested-in-the-mass-and-color-the/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [The form of my painting is the content. My work is made of single or multiple panels: rectangle, curved, or square. I am less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/the-form-of-my-painting-is-the-content-my-work-is-made-of-single-or/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [I only like artists older than myself. Time is so important. It's always been the same way, I guess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/i-only-like-artists-older-than-myself-time-is-so-important-it-s/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [Matisse draws what I call the essence of the plants. He leaves a shape open. He'll do a leaf and not close it. Everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/matisse-draws-what-i-call-the-essence-of-the-plants-he-leaves-a-shape/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [All my work begins with drawings. I don’t labor over my drawings. I want to get freedom in the line. I like to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/all-my-work-begins-with-drawings-i-don-t-labor-over-my-drawings-i/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [I was taught to draw very well when I was in school at Boston. And I grew to enjoy drawing so much that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/i-was-taught-to-draw-very-well-when-i-was-in-school-at-boston-and-i/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [I just feel like I can live on. I hope I can reach 100. I think today if you just keep doing, keep working,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/i-just-feel-like-i-can-live-on-i-hope-i-can-reach-100-i-think-today/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

> [I felt that everything is beautiful, but that which man tries intentionally to make beautiful; that the work of an ordinary bricklayer is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/i-felt-that-everything-is-beautiful-but-that-which-man-tries/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

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