There is always something spiritual about the approach of winter. You retire into your innermost chambers and camp near the small glow you find there.

Paul Klee

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Topic

Winter Seasons Nature

Author

Paul Klee

Source

Journals of Paul Klee

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

German

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Switzerland Europe

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Citation

Klee, Paul. The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918, edited by Felix Klee. University of California Press, 1968. Originally a diary entry, 8 Oct. 1917.

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