"I was taught to draw very well when……" — 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 never stopped."
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Ellsworth Kelly
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22 Quotes by Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly has 22 quotes on this site.
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I have worked to free shape from its ground, and then to work the shape so that it has a…
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I think that if you can turn off the mind and look only with the eyes, ultimately everything becomes abstract.
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I felt that everything is beautiful, but that which man tries intentionally to make beautiful; that the work of an…
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Everything that I saw became something to be made, and it had to be exactly as it was, with nothing…
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The form of my painting is the content. My work is made of single or multiple panels: rectangle, curved, or…
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In drawing, I don't erase. I believe the original gesture has to be the best.
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The most pleasurable thing in the world, for me, is to see something and then translate how I see it.
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I always felt that a painted edge between two colors was a depiction somehow.
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The paintings to me are always canvas; sculpture has always been metal, though I have made sculpture in wood, also.
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I have a sort of inner sense for scale.
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I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to…
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All my work begins with drawings.
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More Boston Quotes
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one of 312 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens,…
— Diane Ackerman
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I knew I had to get out of Boston and stop making movies there, at least for one movie, otherwise…
— Ben Affleck
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In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it's great.
— Tom Brady
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I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that…
— Wilford Brimley
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Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.
— Bill Bryson
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I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory…
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart…
— Gisele Bundchen
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About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized…
— Howie Carr
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I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.
— Raymond Chandler
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It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams.
— Julian Casablancas
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I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.
— Fred Allen
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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