Instead of making a picture that was an interpretation of a thing seen, or a picture of invented content, I found an object and 'presented' it as itself alone. My first object was 'Window' [Museum of Modern Art, Paris], done in 1949. After constructed 'Window' with two canvases and a wood frame I realized that from then on painting as I had known it was finished for me. The new works were to be objects, unsigned, anonymous.


pp. 9-10 : 'Notes from 1969' - In: "Ellsworth Kelly: Works on Paper," 1987

Ellsworth Kelly Quotes

Instead of making a picture that was an interpretation of a thing seen, or a picture of invented content, I found an object and 'presented' it as...

Instead of making a picture that was an interpretation of a thing seen, or a picture of invented content, I found an object and 'presented' it as...

Instead of making a picture that was an interpretation of a thing seen, or a picture of invented content, I found an object and 'presented' it as...

Instead of making a picture that was an interpretation of a thing seen, or a picture of invented content, I found an object and 'presented' it as...