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Yves Klein was a French artist known for his unique artistic style and philosophical ideas. Born on April 28, 1928, and passing away on June 6, 1962, Klein's art was characterized by its distinctive blue tones, including the creation of the famous 'International Klein Blue'. His works spanned various mediums such as painting, sculpture, and photography, and he is considered one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

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“Every phenomenon manifests itself of its own accord. This manifestation is always distinct from form, and is the essence of the immediate, the trace of the immediate.”

Form Essence Manifestation Phenomenon Accord

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“The immaterial told me that I was indeed an occidental, a right-thinking Christian who believes in the 'Resurrection of the flesh'. A whole phenomenology then appeared, but a phenomenology without ideas, or rather without any of the systems of official conventions. What appeared was distinct from form and became Immediacy. 'The mark of the immediate' - that was what I needed.”

Thinking Believe Ideas Whole Christian Form Needed Mark Flesh Officials Conventions Resurrection Immediacy Phenomenology

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“Color is sensitivity in material form, substance in its purest form.”

Form Color Materials Substance Sensitivity

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“I am against the line and all its consequences: contours, forms, composition. All paintings of whatever sort, figurative or abstract, seem to me like prison windows in which the lines, precisely are the bars.”

Seems Form Lines Painting Consequence Window Prison Bars Abstract Composition

Book:Yves Klein: Long Live the Immaterial

Source: Yves Klein: Long Live the Immaterial

“Color is sensibility in material form, matter in its primordial state.”

Matter States Form Color Materials Sensibility

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About the Author

Born: April 28, 1928
Died: June 6, 1962
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 32

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