All art is erotic. ” - Gustav Klimt
I can paint and draw. I believe this myself and a few other people say that they believe this too. But I'm not certain of whether it's true ”
- Gustav Klimt
Art is a line around your thoughts. ”
- Gustav Klimt
Today I want to start working again in earnest I'm looking forward to it because doing nothing does become rather boring after a while. ”
- Gustav Klimt
There is nothing that special to see when looking at me.”
- Gustav Klimt
Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff, as if faced with looming seasickness. ”
- Gustav Klimt
I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits. ”
- Gustav Klimt
After tea it's back to painting - a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm.”
- Gustav Klimt
There is no self-portrait of me. ”
- Gustav Klimt
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 recognize what I am and what I want. ”
- Gustav Klimt
True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.”
- Gustav Klimt
If the weather is good I go into the nearby wood - there I am painting a small beech forest (in the sun) with a few conifers mixed in. This takes until 8 'o clock.”
- Gustav Klimt
On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicked through books, studied Japanese art a little. ”
- Gustav Klimt
Most Famous Gustav Klimt Paintings
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt
The Sunflower by Gustav Klimt
Death and Life by Gustav Klimt
Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt
Birch Forest by Gustav Klimt
Lady with Fan by Gustav Klimt
Danae by Gustav Klimt
The Three Ages of Woman by Gustav Klimt
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt
The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze by Gustav Klimt
Judith and the Head of Holofernes by Gustav Klimt