Gustav Klimt
10 quotes
Austrian symbolist painter, known for his golden period works like The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer.
“Gold is the color of eternity.”
“I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself.”
“Beauty is an expression of the soul.”
“My paintings are my biography.”
“The decorative arts are the equal of the fine arts.”
“There is nothing special about me. I am a painter who paints day after day.”
“I am less interested in myself as a subject for painting than I am in other people, above all women.”
“Whoever wants to know something about me — as an artist, the only notable thing — ought to look at my pictures.”
“All art is erotic.”
“Art is a line around your thoughts.”