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> [I endeavor to make a picture, for instance, exert a positive influence on the observer by its coloring, mood, and compositional idea, encouraging, say, activation, tranquilization, concentration, or harmony...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bill/i-endeavor-to-make-a-picture-for-instance-exert-a-positive-influence/)

[Max Bill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bill/)

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## More by Max Bill

> [Fine art is in the last consequence, philosophy expressed visually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bill/fine-art-is-in-the-last-consequence-philosophy-expressed-visually/)

[Max Bill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bill/)

> [We call those works of art concrete that came into being on the basis of their inherent resources and rules - without external borrowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bill/we-call-those-works-of-art-concrete-that-came-into-being-on-the-basis/)

[Max Bill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bill/)

> [I endeavor to make a picture, for instance, exert a positive influence on the observer by its coloring, mood, and compositional idea, encouraging, say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bill/i-endeavor-to-make-a-picture-for-instance-exert-a-positive-influence/)

[Max Bill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bill/)

> [And despite the fact that the basis of this mathematical way of thinking in art is in reason, its dynamic content is able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bill/and-despite-the-fact-that-the-basis-of-this-mathematical-way-of/)

[Max Bill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bill/)

> [The orbit of human vision has widened and art has annexed fresh territories that were formerly denied to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bill/the-orbit-of-human-vision-has-widened-and-art-has-annexed-fresh/)

[Max Bill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bill/)

> [Far from creating a new formalism, what these can yield is something far transcending surface values since they not only embody form as beauty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bill/far-from-creating-a-new-formalism-what-these-can-yield-is-something/)

[Max Bill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bill/)

> [Thus, the more succinctly a train of thought was expounded, and the more comprehensive the unity of its basic idea, the closer it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bill/thus-the-more-succinctly-a-train-of-thought-was-expounded-and-the/)

[Max Bill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bill/)

> [I made the first Moebius strip without knowing what it was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bill/i-made-the-first-moebius-strip-without-knowing-what-it-was/)

[Max Bill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bill/)

> [Even in modern art, artists have used methods based on calculation, inasmuch as these elements, alongside those of a more personal and emotional nature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bill/even-in-modern-art-artists-have-used-methods-based-on-calculation/)

[Max Bill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bill/)

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