I'm constantly investigating nature - nature, meaning everything. Ellsworth Kelly constantlyinvestigatemean Change image and share on social
I said, I don't want to paint things like Picasso's women and Matisse's odalisques lying on couches with pillows. I don't want to paint people. I want to paint something I have never seen before. I don't want to make what I'm looking at. I want the fragments. Ellsworth Kelly couchfragmentlie share on social
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 existformgeometric Change image and share on social
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 birdcolorcolorist Change image and share on social
All my work comes from perceiving. I kept seeing things that were brooding in me. I'm not a geometric artist. Ellsworth Kelly artistbroodgeometric Change image and share on social
I always felt that a painted edge between two colors was a depiction somehow. Ellsworth Kelly colordepictionedge Change image and share on social
I don't like acrylic because you can't get the density of color. And with each coat of oil paint, the surface gets better and richer. Ellsworth Kelly acryliccoatcolor Change image and share on social
I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes. Ellsworth Kelly curvedrawdrawing Change image and share on social
When I see a white piece of paper, I feel I've got to draw. And drawing, for me, is the beginning of everything. Ellsworth Kelly begindrawfeel Change image and share on social
