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Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German expressionist painter known for his unique style and color usage. His works combined abstract and representational elements and often carried symbolic meanings. Klee's influence on the art world was profound, and he is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century.

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Famous Paul Klee Quotes

“I still come closest to success with drawing. When I use color the results are dubious, for these painfully gained experiences bear less fruit.”

Stills Use Results Color Bears Fruit Drawing Closest Dubious

Book:The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918

Source: The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918

“Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first.”

Firsts Stills Light Beautiful Certain Dark Beauty Shame Relative Beautiful Women Light And Dark

Book:Paul Klee

Source: Paul Klee

“I still come closest to success with drawing.”

Stills Drawing Closest

Book:The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918

Source: The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918

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

Stills Good Things Intuition Constructs

Book:Paul Klee

Source: Paul Klee

“I cannot be grasped in the here and now, For my dwelling place is much among the dead, As the yet unborn, Slightly closer to the heart of creation than usual, But still not close enough.”

Heart Stills Enough Death Creation Usual Here And Now Dwelling Unborn Dwelling Place

Book:Delphi Collected Works of Paul Klee (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of Paul Klee (Illustrated)

About the Author

Born: December 18, 1879
Died: June 29, 1940
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 105

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