Gustav Klimt Quotes
- True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.
- I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about myself or my work. Whoever…
- I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in other people, above…
- There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening -…
- Art is a line around your thoughts.
- There is nothing that special to see when looking at me.
- Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.
- On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicked through…
- If the weather is good I go into the nearby wood - there I am painting a small beech forest (in the sun) with a…
- I can paint and draw. I believe this myself and a few other people say that they believe this too. But I'm not certain of…
- There is no self-portrait of me.
- Although even when I am being idle I have plenty of food for thought both early and late - thoughts both about and not about…
- Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.
- There is always hope, as long as the canvases are empty.
- Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there…
- After tea it's back to painting - a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm. From time to time instead of this evening painting…
- All art is erotic.