I have trained my eye over and over ever since I was a kid. I was a bird watcher when I was a little boy. My grandmother gave me a bird book, and I got to like their colors. Ellsworth Kelly birdbookboy Change image and share on social
One of the first drawings I did in Paris - I wasn't thinking of doing drawings, but somehow or other, I kept drawing - I bought a hyacinth flower with a lot of leaves, just to make me feel like spring. Ellsworth Kelly buydrawdrawing share on social
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 feelhopelive Change image and share on social
In Boston, I developed my eye from the drawing. In Paris, I was fascinated by what my eye saw in the way that Paris is built, its 'measure.' Ellsworth Kelly bostonbuilddevelop Change image and share on social
I don't like mixed colors that much, like plum color or deep, deep colors that are hard to define. Ellsworth Kelly colordeepdefine Change image and share on social
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 expressionisthavekind Change image and 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'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 forminterestpaint Change image and share on social
My ideas I can find anywhere. And I draw because I have to note down my ideas or flashes - I call them flashes, because they come to me, like that. Not so much in the plant drawings. I have to see them. Ellsworth Kelly calldrawdrawing share on social
In Paris in the late '40s, I started making my first reliefs. They are separate panels. I wanted to do something coming out of the wall, almost like a collage. I did a lot of white reliefs when I started because I liked antique reliefs, really old stuff. Ellsworth Kelly 40santiquecollage share on social
