Top 41 Quotes by Ellsworth Kelly

About Ellsworth Kelly

These are some quotes by American author Ellsworth Kelly Artist, who lived between May 31, 1923 and December 27, 2015.

I'm not an Expressionist. I love to look at de Kooning, but I've got this kind of secret life, and that is something that pleases me. I have to try and make something out of it.

I'm not an Expressionist. I love to look at de Kooning, but I've got this kind of secret life, and that is something that pleases me. I have to try and make something out of it.

Ellsworth Kelly

My forms are geometric, but they don't interact in a geometric sense. They're just forms that exist everywhere, even if you don't see them.

My forms are geometric, but they don't interact in a geometric sense. They're just forms that exist everywhere, even if you don't see them.

Ellsworth Kelly

I always felt that a painted edge between two colors was a depiction somehow.

I always felt that a painted edge between two colors was a depiction somehow.

Ellsworth Kelly

I learned my color in Europe. I've always been a colorist, I think. I started when I was very young, being a bird-watcher, fascinated by the bird colors.

I learned my color in Europe. I've always been a colorist, I think. I started when I was very young, being a bird-watcher, fascinated by the bird colors.

Ellsworth Kelly

My earliest drawing is a supposed Carracci. It wasn't very expensive, I guess, because they don't know if it's a real Carracci. But it has all these seals on it of people who've owned it, and one of the great portrait painters of England, Reynolds, had owned it, so that's the earliest.

Ellsworth Kelly

I'm interested in the space between the viewer and the surface of the painting - the forms and the way they work in their surroundings. I'm interested in how they react to a room.

I'm interested in the space between the viewer and the surface of the painting - the forms and the way they work in their surroundings. I'm interested in how they react to a room.

Ellsworth Kelly

I have a sort of inner sense for scale.

I have a sort of inner sense for scale.

Ellsworth Kelly

Each drawing that I've done, I have found. Meaning, I see a plant I want to draw.

Each drawing that I've done, I have found. Meaning, I see a plant I want to draw.

Ellsworth Kelly

I don't labor over my drawings. I want to get freedom in the line.

I don't labor over my drawings. I want to get freedom in the line.

Ellsworth Kelly

I don't like mixed colors that much, like plum color or deep, deep colors that are hard to define.

I don't like mixed colors that much, like plum color or deep, deep colors that are hard to define.

Ellsworth Kelly

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