6 Quotes & Sayings By Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt was a painter and one of the most prominent representatives of the Vienna Secession movement. His major works include paintings, murals, sketches, and other objects. This includes a number of paintings commissioned by wealthy patron Josef Hoffmann in the early 1900s, including some versions of the famous painting "The Kiss".

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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
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Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open. Gustav Klimt
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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
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All art is erotic. Gustav Klimt
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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