My monochrome pictures are not my definite works, but the preparation for my works. They are the left-overs from the creative processes, the ashes. My pictures, after all, are only the title-deeds to my property which I have to produce when I am asked to prove that I am a proprietor.


In 1957; p. 35 - "Yves Klein, 1928 – 1962, Selected Writings"

Yves Klein Quotes

My monochrome pictures are not my definite works, but the preparation for my works. They are the left-overs from the creative processes, the ashes....

My monochrome pictures are not my definite works, but the preparation for my works. They are the left-overs from the creative processes, the ashes....

My monochrome pictures are not my definite works, but the preparation for my works. They are the left-overs from the creative processes, the ashes....

My monochrome pictures are not my definite works, but the preparation for my works. They are the left-overs from the creative processes, the ashes....