Quote of Note | Ellsworth Kelly

“The negative space is like one of my shapes, and when you look at a drawing of mine you can call off the number [of shapes]. Matisse draws what I call the essence of the plants. He leaves a shape open. H e’ll do a leaf and not close it. Everybody used to say, oh, I got it all from Matisse, and I said, ‘Not really.’ [Mine] is a different kind of spirituality. It’s more a portrait of a plant.

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