Knows Quote by Gustav Klimt

True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.

— Gustav Klimt

Although even when I am being idle I have plenty of food for thought both early and late - thoughts both about and not…

— Gustav Klimt

Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and…

— Gustav Klimt

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…

— Gustav Klimt

I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about myself or my work.…

— Gustav Klimt

If the weather is good I go into the nearby wood - there I am painting a small beech forest (in the sun) with…

— Gustav Klimt

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…

— Gustav Klimt

There is nothing that special to see when looking at me.

— Gustav Klimt

“Truth is like fire; to tell the truth means to glow and burn.”

— Gustav Klimt

On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicked…

— Gustav Klimt

Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.

— Gustav Klimt

There is always hope, as long as the canvases are empty.

— Gustav Klimt