“All art is anonymous.”

“Only a distinctive individual can produce great art. Great art is synonymous with anonymous art.”

“Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.”

“At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. I think art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution. I've said that and I do believe it, that one does contribute to art and that's nothing to do with being male or female... I don't think a good work of art can just be said to be feminine or masculine.... art's either good or isn't.”

“…if it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art.”

“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.”

“All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.”

“All good science is art. And all good art is science.”

“Art is for all — and the greatest art proves it.”

“I admired and felt the anonymous structure of the work of Brancusi, Vantongerloo, Arp, and Taeuber-Arp [the wife of Hans Arp] whose studios I visited. [Kelly frequently visited Hans Arp and his wife in Paris and discussed his fresh-made art with them intensively]. Their work reinforced my own ideas for the creation of a Pré-Renaissance, European type art: its anonymous stone work, the object quality of the artifacts, the fact that the work was more important than the artist’s personality. Of the Europeans, I mostly admired the way Picasso, Klee and Brancusi 'made' their art. Contrary to what has been said about me, Mondrian and Matisse did not interest me when I was in Paris. Mondrian’s [paintings] could not be seen in Paris and when I did see them in Holland in 1953, I thought their structure too rigid and intellectual.”