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> [If I feel a painting I'm working on doesn't have imagery or emotion, I paint it out and work over it until it does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/if-i-feel-a-painting-i-m-working-on-doesn-t-have-imagery-or-emotion-i/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

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## More by Franz Kline

> [The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: does the painter's emotions come across?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/the-final-test-of-a-painting-theirs-mine-any-other-is-does-the/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

> [The nature of anguish is translated into different forms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/the-nature-of-anguish-is-translated-into-different-forms/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

> [You paint the way you have to in order to give. That's life itself, and someone will look and say it is the product…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/you-paint-the-way-you-have-to-in-order-to-give-that-s-life-itself-and/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

> [I paint not the things I see but the feelings they arouse in me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/i-paint-not-the-things-i-see-but-the-feelings-they-arouse-in-me/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

> [People sometimes think I take a white canvas and paint a black sign on it,but this is not true.I paint the white as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/people-sometimes-think-i-take-a-white-canvas-and-paint-a-black-sign/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

> [If I feel a painting I'm working on doesn't have imagery or emotion, I paint it out and work over it until it does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/if-i-feel-a-painting-i-m-working-on-doesn-t-have-imagery-or-emotion-i/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

> [The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: do the painter's emotions come across?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/the-final-test-of-a-painting-theirs-mine-any-other-is-do-the-painter/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

> [You instinctively like what you can't do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/you-instinctively-like-what-you-can-t-do/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

> [Half the world wants to be like Thoreau worrying about the noise of traffic on the way up to Boston; the other half use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/half-the-world-wants-to-be-like-thoreau-worrying-about-the-noise-of/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

> [“She looked like, if you bit her, milk and honey would flow from her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/she-looked-like-if-you-bit-her-milk-and-honey-would-flow-from-her/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

> [If you're a painter, you're not alone. There's no way to be alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/if-you-re-a-painter-you-re-not-alone-there-s-no-way-to-be-alone/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

> [To be right is the most terrific personal state that nobody is interested in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kline/to-be-right-is-the-most-terrific-personal-state-that-nobody-is/)

[Franz Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kline/)

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