Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art. Ellsworth Kelly artgeometryjoy Change image and share on social
All my paintings are usually done in drawing form, very small. I make notations in drawings first, and then I make a collage for color. But drawing is always my notation. Ellsworth Kelly collagecolordraw Change image and share on social
My ideas come, wh-pheww. And I draw. Just recently, when I'm searching for ideas for paintings and sculptures, I wait for ideas, and it's always visual. Ellsworth Kelly drawideapainting Change image and share on social
I started doing sculpture in 1959. I had no commissions then. They were painted, similar in style to the paintings... At a certain point, I decided I didn't want an edge between two colors, I wanted color differences in literal space. Ellsworth Kelly colorcommissiondecide share on social
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 colordrawlead Change image and share on social
Time has always been very important in my work. Ellsworth Kelly importanttimework Change image and share on social
My ideas I can find anywhere. And I draw because I have to note down my ideas or flashes - I call them flashes, because they come to me, like that. Not so much in the plant drawings. I have to see them. Ellsworth Kelly calldrawdrawing share on social
My earliest drawing is a supposed Carracci. It wasn't very expensive, I guess, because they don't know if it's a real Carracci. But it has all these seals on it of people who've owned it, and one of the great portrait painters of England, Reynolds, had owned it, so that's the earliest. Ellsworth Kelly carraccidrawearly share on social
Gray goes with gold. Gray goes with all colors. I've done gray-and-red paintings, and gray and orange go so well together. It takes a long time to make gray because gray has a little bit of color in it. Ellsworth Kelly bitecolorgold share on social