“I did not want windows, only skylights. I chose my painting wall as it has the best morning light.” Quote by Ellsworth Kelly
“The paintings to me are always canvas, sculpture has always been metal, though I have made sculpture in wood also.” MadePaintingWoodsMetalsCanvasSculpture Author:Ellsworth Kelly
“All my paintings are usually done in drawing form, very small. I make notations in drawings first, and then I make a collage for color. But drawing is always my notation.” FirstsDoneFormColorPaintingDrawingCollages Author:Ellsworth Kelly
“All my work begins with drawings. I don’t labor over my drawings. I want to get freedom in the line. I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes.” Drawing Author:Ellsworth Kelly
“My drawings have to be quick. If they don't happen in 20 minutes or a half hour, then they're no good.” IfsHappensHoursHalfMinutesDrawingHalf Hours Author:Ellsworth Kelly
“I don't labor over my drawings. I want to get freedom in the line.” WantLinesLaborDrawing Author:Ellsworth Kelly
“Shading is more like copying. And certainly I do copy, but I'm making drawings, and I'm not trying to make them with the shading.” TryingDrawingCopiesCopying Author:Ellsworth Kelly
“I'm not a structured writer. I have the carpet-laying theory which is you put it out there until there is a lump and you keep pushing the lump across the floor until the whole thing just lies flat. Every time you write there is going to be a bulge, something doesn't work and you have to find your way to get it to the other end.” WayWritingEndsWholeLyingTheoryPushingFlatsCarpetLumps Author:Bruce Joel Rubin