A painter, who finds no satisfaction in mere representation, however artistic, in his longing to express his inner life, cannot but envy… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena,… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
In your works, you have realized what I, albeit in uncertain form, have so greatly longed for in music. The independent progress… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
… lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and … stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
A parallel between color and music can only be relative – just as a violin can give warm shades of tone, so… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
“Color directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings.… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
The joy of life consists in the inevitable, continual triumph of new values. — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
Colors produce a spiritual vibration, the impression they create is important only as a step towards this vibration. — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
In their pursuit of the same supreme end, Matisse and Picasso stand side by side, Matisse representing color and Picasso form. — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
An empty canvas, apparently really empty, that says nothing and is without significance – almost dull, in fact – in reality, is crammed with… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
The artist must be blind to distinction between 'recognized' or 'unrecognized' conventions of form, deaf to the transitory teaching and demands of his particular… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
All methods are sacred if they are internally necessary. All methods are sins if they are not justified by internal necessity. — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
The sound of colors is so definite that it would be hard to find anyone who would express bright yellow with bass notes or… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
Abstract art places a new world, which on the surface has nothing to do with 'reality,' next to the 'real' world. — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically. — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
