"I made the flames lick the surface of……" — Yves Klein
"I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But what is it that provokes in me this pursuit of the impression of fire? Why must I search for its traces?"
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24 Quotes by Yves Klein
Yves Klein has 24 quotes on this site.
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For me, each nuance of a color is in some way an individual, a being who is from the same…
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Color is sensitivity in material form, substance in its purest form.
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Color is enslaved by line, that becomes writing.
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I am against the line and all its consequences: contours, forms, composition. All paintings of whatever sort, figurative or abstract,…
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The essential of painting is that 'something', that 'ethereal glue,' that 'intermediary product' which the artist exudes with all his…
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I remain detached and distant, but it is under my eyes and my orders that the work of art must…
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The imagination is the vehicle of sensibility. Transported by the imagination, we attain life, life itself, which is absolute art.
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My monochrome pictures are not my definite works, but the preparation for my works. They are the leftovers from the…
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As I lay stretched upon the beach of Nice, I began to feel hatred for birds which flew back and…
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I have written my name on the far side of the sky.
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The dominant invades the entire picture, as it were. In this way I seek to individualize the color, because I…
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Blue has no dimensions, it is beyond dimensions, whereas the other colours are not....All colours arouse specific associative ideas, psychologically…
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