Abstract
Anyone who has looked at even a small number of pictures by Paul Klee will have noticed the abundance of letters, words, and punctuation marks that cluster there. Although these visual symbols give immediate evidence of Klee's concern with the surface oflanguage, his interest does not stop with visual representation. His sensitivity to the sentences, syntax, shapes, and sounds of language manifests itself in his letters and diaries, which are full of jottings, lists, and poems. Klee was also a practising musician and musical notation presents itself in Klee's visual art. Klee, as appreciator and performer of music, found ways of integrating musical values into his visual work, and musical principles structure many of his pictures.1 Klee's response to language is similar to his response to music, and it is likely that he heard as well as saw the language that he painted.
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