120 Quotes by Paul Klee

Nothing can be rushed. It must grow, it should grow of itself, and if the time ever comes for that work, then so much the better!

We construct and keep on constructing, yet intuition is still a good thing.

Everything passes, and what remains of former times, what remains of life, is the spiritual. In everything we do, the claim of the Absolute is unchanging.

You adapt yourself to the contents of the paintbox.

The artist of today is more than an improved camera, he is more complex, richer, and wider. He is a creature on the earth and a creature within the whole, that is, a creature on a star among stars.

All the things an artist must be: poet, explorer of nature, philosopher!

The work of art is above all a process of creation.

First of all, the art of living; then as my ideal profession, poetry and philosophy, and as my real profession, plastic arts; in the last resort, for lack of income, illustrations.

In earlier days, even as a child, the beauty of landscapes was quite clear to me. A background for the soul's moods. Now dangerous moments occur when Nature tries to devour me; at such times I am annihilated, but at peace. This would be fine for old people but I... I am my life's debtor, for I have given promises...