Author: Ellsworth Kelly

Quotes

Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art.

Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art.

- Ellsworth Kelly

I only like artists older than myself. Time is so important. It's always been the same way, I guess.

I only like artists older than myself. Time is so important. It's always been the same way, I guess.

- 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.

My drawings have to be quick. If they don't happen in 20 minutes or a half hour, then they're no good.

- Ellsworth Kelly

I just feel like I can live on. I hope I can reach 100. I think today if you just keep doing, keep working, that - maybe that's possible.

I just feel like I can live on. I hope I can reach 100. I think today if you just keep doing, keep working, that - maybe that's possible.

- Ellsworth Kelly

All my work comes from perceiving. I kept seeing things that were brooding in me. I'm not a geometric artist.

All my work comes from perceiving. I kept seeing things that were brooding in me. I'm not a geometric artist.

- Ellsworth Kelly

The negative is just as important as the positive.

The negative is just as important as the positive.

- Ellsworth Kelly

All my work begins with drawings.

All my work begins with drawings.

- Ellsworth Kelly

I'm constantly investigating nature - nature, meaning everything.

I'm constantly investigating nature - nature, meaning everything.

- Ellsworth Kelly

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