Theory of modern art
excerpts from the book "Theory of Modern Art" by Paul Klee, 1956
a film by Benoît Labourdette
Art does not reproduce the visible; it makes visible.
The dialogue with nature remains for the artist as a sine qua non condition.
The artist is human being;
he is himself nature, a piece of nature in the nature area.
We are constantly building and building, but intuition continues to be a good thing.
We can do a lot without it, but not everything.
The creative force escapes to any denomination,
it remains in the final analysis an unspeakable mystery.
We are in charge ourselves from this force to the last marrow atom.
We need to have to reveal this strength,
demonstrate it in its functions just as it manifests itself in us.
United to the material, it must take shape, to become form, reality.
a film by Benoît Labourdette, 2019