Poems List

The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.
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A line is a dot that went for a walk.
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I paint in order not to cry.
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The beautiful, which is perhaps inseparable from art, is not after all tied to the subject, but to the pictorial representation.
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A single day is enough to make us a little larger.
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Be winged arrows, aiming at fulfillment and goal, even though you will tire without having reached the mark.
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Colour has taken hold of me; no longer do I have to chase after it. I know that it has hold of me for ever.

on a visit to Tunis in 1914

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An active line on a walk, moving freely without a goal. A walk for walk’s sake.

Pedagogical Sketchbook (1925)

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Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.

Inward Vision (1958) ‘Creative Credo’ (1920)

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Paul Klee was born into a family of musicians and showed artistic talent from an early age. He studied art in Munich and traveled through Italy, where he deepened his knowledge of Renaissance art. He was a professor at the Bauhaus, an influential German school of design and architecture, where he developed his theory of color and form. His paintings, drawings, and watercolors are characterized by lightness, humor, and a deep exploration of color and line. Klee left an immense artistic legacy, with works that continue to inspire artists and art lovers worldwide.