Paul Klee builds himself a little house of art in a realm somewhere between childhood’s innocence and everyman’s prospect of infinity… [He] believes that art is nothing if it is not personal expression–that love must come back to its vacant dwelling. –Duncan Phillips, 1942
This is such a perfect quote for a long-ago summer house I was dreaming of today.
This painting is a fine illustration of the quote, both literally and figuratively:
Paul Klee
Village House Near Freeburg. 1915
Watercolor, gold paint, mat. 25 x 32,5
http://artinvestment.ru/temp/cache/20100203_klee_country_house_near_fribourg.jpg
This recent article is also enlightening:
Paul Klee’s Colorful Trail in Italy
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/arts/02iht-conway02.html