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Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes.

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

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I have a sort of inner sense for scale.

I have a sort of inner sense for scale.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I'm not interested in the texture of a rock, but in its shadow.

I'm not interested in the texture of a rock, but in its shadow.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: The negative is just as important as the positive.

The negative is just as important as the positive.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I don't like mixed colors that much, like plum color or deep, deep colors that are hard to define.

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

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I've always wanted ... I wanted to give people joy.

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

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: In drawing, I don't erase. I believe the original gesture has to be the best.

In drawing, I don't erase. I believe the original gesture has to be the best.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: 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.'

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 quotes: I did not want windows, only skylights. I chose my painting wall as it has the best morning light.

I did not want windows, only skylights. I chose my painting wall as it has the best morning light.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I only like artists older than myself. Time is so important. It's always been the same way, I guess.

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

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: Shape and color are my two strong things. And by doing this, drawing plants has always led me into my paintings and my sculptures.

Shape and color are my two strong things. And by doing this, drawing plants has always led me into my paintings and my sculptures.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I always felt that a painted edge between two colors was a depiction somehow.

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

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: When I see a white piece of paper, I feel I've got to draw. And drawing, for me, is the beginning of everything.

When I see a white piece of paper, I feel I've got to draw. And drawing, for me, is the beginning of everything.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I'm constantly investigating nature - nature, meaning everything.

I'm constantly investigating nature - nature, meaning everything.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: The most pleasurable thing in the world, for me, is to see something and then translate how I see it.

The most pleasurable thing in the world, for me, is to see something and then translate how I see it.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I think that if you can turn off the mind and look only with the eyes, ultimately everything becomes abstract.

I think that if you can turn off the mind and look only with the eyes, ultimately everything becomes abstract.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I was taught to draw very well when I was in school at Boston. And I grew to enjoy drawing so much that I never stopped.

I was taught to draw very well when I was in school at Boston. And I grew to enjoy drawing so much that I never stopped.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I don't labor over my drawings. I want to get freedom in the line.

I don't labor over my drawings. I want to get freedom in the line.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: All my work begins with drawings.

All my work begins with drawings.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I don't like acrylic because you can't get the density of color. And with each coat of oil paint, the surface gets better and richer.

I don't like acrylic because you can't get the density of color. And with each coat of oil paint, the surface gets better and richer.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: Time has always been very important in my work.

Time has always been very important in my work.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: Shading is more like copying. And certainly I do copy, but I'm making drawings, and I'm not trying to make them with the shading.

Shading is more like copying. And certainly I do copy, but I'm making drawings, and I'm not trying to make them with the shading.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art.

Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: The paintings to me are always canvas; sculpture has always been metal, though I have made sculpture in wood, also.

The paintings to me are always canvas; sculpture has always been metal, though I have made sculpture in wood, also.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: My drawings have to be quick. If they don't happen in 20 minutes or a half hour, then they're no good.

My drawings have to be quick. If they don't happen in 20 minutes or a half hour, then they're no good.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: All my work comes from perceiving. I kept seeing things that were brooding in me. I'm not a geometric artist.

All my work comes from perceiving. I kept seeing things that were brooding in me. I'm not a geometric artist.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: I believe people have to be open to what's happening when they're alive.

I believe people have to be open to what's happening when they're alive.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: Each drawing that I've done, I have found. Meaning, I see a plant I want to draw.

Each drawing that I've done, I have found. Meaning, I see a plant I want to draw.

Ellsworth Kelly quotes: 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.

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.