Gustav Klimt

There is no self-portrait of me. I am not interested in myself as a 'subject for painting,' but rather in other people, above all women, and other phenomena.

I can paint and draw. I do not talk about it. I know that I am not a particularly fluent speaker. I am not good at writing either. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I am not a particularly good conversationalist. I am not a particularly good speaker. I am not a particularly good writer. I I am not interested in myself as a 'subject for painting,' but rather in other people, above all women, and other phenomena.

Art is a line around your thoughts.

Whoever wants to know something about me as an artist, which is the only thing that matters, should look carefully at my pictures and try to see in them what I am and what I want.

All art is erotic.

I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in other people, above all women, but also other phenomena.

To every age its art, to every art its freedom.

Truth is a torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.

I am a painter who paints day in and day out, from morning to night, and I am not interested in anything else.

Whoever wants to know something about me, as an artist which alone is interesting, should look attentively at my pictures and try to find in them, behind the written word, what I am and what I want to be.

I am convinced that I am not particularly interesting as a person. There is nothing about me that would evoke surprise or admiration in anyone.

True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, is out of the question; I am constantly plagued by a feeling of emptiness, and deep down there is almost a sense of despair.

I cannot paint the figure; I cannot paint it because I know it is too difficult.

The artist is the typical example of the man who is most free in our time.

Beauty is perfection.

I have no fear of death; it is the gateway to another life.

In every human being there is a divine spark.

Art should be independent of all claptrap – that is the only way it will be free.

The miracle of design is that it can express the infinite in the finite.

Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.