Ellsworth Kelly Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I started doing sculpture in 1959. I had no commissions then. They were painted, similar in style to the paintings... At a certain point, I decided I didn't want an edge between two colors, I wanted color differences in literal space.”

“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.”

“Matisse draws what I call the essence of the plants. He leaves a shape open. He'll do a leaf and not close it. Everybody used to say, oh, I got it all from Matisse, and I said, 'Not really.'”

“All my work begins with drawings.”

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

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

“I have a sort of inner sense for scale.”

“I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes.”

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

“I've always wanted... I wanted to give people joy.”