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By using patches of color and tone it is possible to capture every natural impression in the simplest way, freshly and immediately.

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Paul Klee
Age: 61 †
Born: 1879
Born: February 18
Died: 1940
Died: May 29
Designer
Graphic Artist
Lithographer
Painter
University Teacher
Visual Artist
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See with one eye, feel with the other.
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It is the artistic mission to penetrate as far as may be toward that secret ground where primal law feeds growth.
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All is well with me. The rain doesn't reach me, my room is well heated, what more can one ask for? There's no shortage of work, either.
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When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.
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My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will.
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The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.
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Nature can afford to be prodigal in everything, the artist must be frugal down to the last detail. Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.
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