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title: "1 Art Possible Quotes By Theo van Doesburg"
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> [When contemplating a work of art it is possible to perceive if it has been created according to the eye or to the spirit, in other words, if it projects three-dimensional reality or spiritual n-dimensionality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/when-contemplating-a-work-of-art-it-is-possible-to-perceive-if-it-has/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

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## More by Theo van Doesburg

> [We speak of concrete and not abstract painting because nothing is more concrete, more real than a line, a color, a surface.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/we-speak-of-concrete-and-not-abstract-painting-because-nothing-is/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [When contemplating a work of art it is possible to perceive if it has been created according to the eye or to the spirit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/when-contemplating-a-work-of-art-it-is-possible-to-perceive-if-it-has/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [Each superfluous line, each wrongly placed line, any color placed without veneration or care, can spoil everything, that is, the spiritual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/each-superfluous-line-each-wrongly-placed-line-any-color-placed/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [In all these products, whether iron bridges, locomotives, automobiles, telescopes, cottages, airport-hangars, funicular railways, skyscrapers, or children's toys, the will towards a new style…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/in-all-these-products-whether-iron-bridges-locomotives-automobiles/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [The square is to us what the cross was to the early Christians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/the-square-is-to-us-what-the-cross-was-to-the-early-christians/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [While the expressive possibilities of Neoplasticism are limited to two dimensions (the plane), Elementarism realizes the possibility of plasticism in four dimensions, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/while-the-expressive-possibilities-of-neoplasticism-are-limited-to/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [For - to say a few words on technique - whereas the curved line was used predominantly for reasons of beauty, (Phidias, Michelangelo, Raphael,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/for-to-say-a-few-words-on-technique-whereas-the-curved-line-was-used/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [Our time has produced a need for contrast. This has been achieved not only in the external appearance of plastic expressions of coulor and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/our-time-has-produced-a-need-for-contrast-this-has-been-achieved-not/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [Art as language…in the future there will only be art. This common language will carry the message of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/art-as-language-in-the-future-there-will-only-be-art-this-common/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [he line has almost become a work of art in itself; one can not play with it when the representation of objects perceived was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/he-line-has-almost-become-a-work-of-art-in-itself-one-can-not-play/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [The line has almost become a work of art in itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/the-line-has-almost-become-a-work-of-art-in-itself/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [In place of the dream, the future will put art on a scientific and technical basis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/in-place-of-the-dream-the-future-will-put-art-on-a-scientific-and/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [The complete and definitive work of art is created beyond one's individuality... ...The universal transcends such a level. Mere spontaneity has never created a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/the-complete-and-definitive-work-of-art-is-created-beyond-one-s/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [To be oneself is being neither under bond nor borrowed nor sold nor hired. To be, means to be spiritually free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/to-be-oneself-is-being-neither-under-bond-nor-borrowed-nor-sold-nor/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

> [There is an old and a new consciousness of the age. The old one is directed towards the individual. The new one is directed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-doesburg/there-is-an-old-and-a-new-consciousness-of-the-age-the-old-one-is/)

[Theo van Doesburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-doesburg/)

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