Franz Kline (1910-1962)

"Everybody likes calligraphy. You don't have to be an artist to like it, or go to Japan. Mine came out of drawing, and light. When I look out of the window -- I've always lived in the city -- I don't see trees in bloom or mountain laurel. What I do see -- or rather, not what I see but the feelings aroused in me by that looking -- is what I paint" (F. Kline, quoted in S. Rodman, "Revolution in Paint: Franz Kline," Franz Kline: 1910-1962, exh. cat., Milan, 2004, p. 110).