Paul Klee: "Dari akarnya, getah naik ke artis, mengalir melaluinya, me...

"Dari akarnya, getah naik ke artis, mengalir melaluinya, mengalir ke matanya. Karena kewalahan dan diaktifkan oleh kekuatan arus, ia menyampaikan visinya ke dalam karyanya. Namun, berdiri di tempat yang telah ditentukan sebagai batang pohon, dia tidak melakukan apa pun selain mengumpulkan dan meneruskan apa yang muncul dari kedalaman. Dia tidak melayani atau memerintahkan dia mentransmisikan. Posisinya rendah hati. Dan keindahan mahkota bukan miliknya sendiri; itu hanya melewatinya."

--- Paul Klee

Versi Bahasa Inggris

From the root, the sap rises up into the artist, flows through him, flows to his eye. Overwhelmed and activated by the force of the current, he conveys his vision into his work. And yet, standing at his appointed place as the trunk of the tree, he does nothing other than gather and pass on what rises from the depths. He neither serves nor commands he transmits. His position is humble. And the beauty at the crown is not his own; it has merely passed through him.