Paul Klee Quotes

7 quotes from 7 authors

Thinking of art as a cultural myth‑maker, Paul Klee’s voice rings clear. He argued that a painter turns daily life into a shared legend, giving shape to what we feel. These seven short excerpts capture that vibe; for deeper insight, see modern art and abstract expressionism, or visual storytelling for context.

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My inspiration came from the land, ... and, of course, from Paul Klee . . . and the poetics of his paintings.

Renzo Piano

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The function of the artist is the mythologization of the culture and the world. In the visual arts there were two men…

Joseph Campbell

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“You adapt yourself, Paul Klee said, to the contents of the paintbox. Adapting yourself to the contents of the paintbox, he said,…

Annie Dillard

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I should also mention that the Neue Galerie is piping music into the galleries where "Klee and America" is hanging, a practice…

Terry Teachout

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Already in 1915, Sophie Tauber divides the surface of her aquarelle into squares and rectangles which she then juxtaposes horizontally and perpendicularly…

Hans Arp