Paul Klee - Meaning Quotes

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Formerly we used to represent things visible on earth, things we either liked to look at or would have liked to see. Today we reveal the reality that is behind visible things, thus expressing the belief that the visible world is merely an isolated case in relation to the universe and that there are many more other, latent realities. Things appear to assume a broader and more diversified meaning, often seemingly contradicting the rational experience of yesterday. There is a striving to emphasize the essential character of the accidental.

Paul Klee

Formerly it frequently happened to me that when questioned regarding a picture I simply did not know what it represented. I had not seen the subject, so to say. Now I have also included the content so that I know most of the time what is represented. But this only supports my experience that what matters in the ultimate end is the abstract meaning of harmonization

Paul Klee

Color possesses me—I don't have to pursue it.... That is the meaning of this happy hour: Color and I are one. I am a painter.

Paul Klee

Colour possesses me. It will always possess me. That is the meaning of this happy hour: colour and I are one. I am a painter.

Paul Klee