All Ellsworth Kelly Quotes
- I have worked to free shape from its ground, and then to work the shape so that it has a definite relationship to the space… Always Demands
- I think that if you can turn off the mind and look only with the eyes, ultimately everything becomes abstract. Abstract
- I felt that everything is beautiful, but that which man tries intentionally to make beautiful; that the work of an ordinary bricklayer is more valid… All
- Everything that I saw became something to be made, and it had to be exactly as it was, with nothing added. It was a new… Added
- The form of my painting is the content. My work is made of single or multiple panels: rectangle, curved, or square. I am less interested… Anytime
- In drawing, I don't erase. I believe the original gesture has to be the best. Believe
- The most pleasurable thing in the world, for me, is to see something and then translate how I see it. Inspirational
- I always felt that a painted edge between two colors was a depiction somehow. Always Felt
- The paintings to me are always canvas; sculpture has always been metal, though I have made sculpture in wood, also. Been
- I have a sort of inner sense for scale. Inner
- I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes. Able
- All my work begins with drawings. All
- My ideas I can find anywhere. And I draw because I have to note down my ideas or flashes - I call them flashes, because… Anywhere
- I have trained my eye over and over ever since I was a kid. I was a bird watcher when I was a little boy.… Bird
- I was taught to draw very well when I was in school at Boston. And I grew to enjoy drawing so much that I never… Boston
- I did not want windows, only skylights. I chose my painting wall as it has the best morning light. Best
- I like silence. Like Silence
- All my paintings are usually done in drawing form, very small. I make notations in drawings first, and then I make a collage for color.… All
- Shape and color are my two strong things. And by doing this, drawing plants has always led me into my paintings and my sculptures. Always Led
- The negative is just as important as the positive. Important
- Time has always been very important in my work. Been
- Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art. Art