Gustav Klimt Quotes

• Art is a line around your thoughts.

  Gustav Klimt

  Art, Thinking, Deep Thought

  Gustav Klimt, Ankriktip, Abelia Serotina (2016). “Gustav Klimt Artworks”, p.17, Book and Magazine

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• There is always hope, as long as the canvases are empty.

  Gustav Klimt

  Long, Empty

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• I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in other people, above all women... There is nothing special about me. I am a painter who paints day after day from morning to night... Who ever wants to know something about me... ought to look carefully at my pictures.

  Gustav Klimt

  Morning, Night, Self

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• Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.

  Gustav Klimt

  Artist, Looks, Want

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• True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.

  Gustav Klimt

  Relaxation, Doe, World

  Gustav Klimt, Ankriktip, Abelia Serotina (2016). “Gustav Klimt Artworks”, p.56, Book and Magazine

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• Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.

  Gustav Klimt

  Fear, Writing, Simple

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• I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about myself or my work. Whoever wants to know something about me -as an artist, the only notable thing- ought to look carefully at my pictures and try and see in them what I am and what I want to do.

  Gustav Klimt

  Artist, Trying, Looks

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• I can paint and draw. I believe this myself and a few other people say that they believe this too. But I'm not certain of whether it's true.

  Gustav Klimt

  Believe, People, Belief

  Gustav Klimt, Ankriktip, Abelia Serotina (2016). “Gustav Klimt Artworks”, p.17, Book and Magazine

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• If the weather is good I go into the nearby wood - there I am painting a small beech forest (in the sun) with a few conifers mixed in. This takes until 8 'o clock.

  Gustav Klimt

  Weather, Woods, Forests

  Gustav Klimt, Ankriktip, Abelia Serotina (2016). “Gustav Klimt Artworks”, p.63, Book and Magazine

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• Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.

  Gustav Klimt

  Morning, Book, Missing

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• There is nothing that special to see when looking at me.

  Gustav Klimt

  Special, Portraits

  Gustav Klimt, Ankriktip, Abelia Serotina (2016). “Gustav Klimt Artworks”, p.29, Book and Magazine

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• There is no self-portrait of me.

  Gustav Klimt

  Self, Portraits, Portraiture

  Gustav Klimt, Ankriktip, Abelia Serotina (2016). “Gustav Klimt Artworks”, p.46, Book and Magazine

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• There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits.

  Gustav Klimt

  Morning, Special, Portraits

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• Although even when I am being idle I have plenty of food for thought both early and late - thoughts both about and not about art.

  Gustav Klimt

  Art, Late, Idle

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• After tea it's back to painting - a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm. From time to time instead of this evening painting session I go bowling in one of the neighbouring villages, but not very often.

  Gustav Klimt

  Inspiring, Art, Tea

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• On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicked through books, studied Japanese art a little.

  Gustav Klimt

  Art, Book, Littles

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