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Biography - Gustav Klimt:

Austrian painter.
Born: 1862 - Died: 1918
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Austria
Austria

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.


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.



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Wer über mich als Künstler etwas wissen will, der soll meine Bilder aufmerksam betrachten und daraus zu erkennen suchen, was ich bin und was ich will.

French
Si quelqu'un veut savoir quelque chose sur moi en tant que peintre, qu'il regarde attentivement mes toiles et qu'il cherche à découvrir en elles, ce que je suis et ce que je veux.




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Quotes for: artist


Quotes

Quotes for: artist


The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.





Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.





Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.





True artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.





Great artists have no country.





Every human being should be an artist. Everything can become beautiful art.
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Quotes

Gustav Klimt also said...


Taste is good for wine lovers and cooks. Art has nothing to do with taste.





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.





Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.












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