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The eye travels along the paths cut out for it in the work.

— Paul Klee Pedagogical Sketch Book (1925)

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from: 'The Arrow.'

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It is interesting to observe how real the object remains, in spite of all abstractions.

Statement of mid-1920's; as quoted in Abstract Art (1990)

He [in general] has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise, i.e., cannot do something else.

The law that supports space - this should be the title appropriate to one of my future pictures!

When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.

To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers.

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