"Vertical and horizontal lines are the expression of……" — Piet Mondrian
"Vertical and horizontal lines are the expression of two opposing forces; they exist everywhere and dominate everything; their reciprocal action constitutes 'life'. I recognized that the equilibrium of any particular aspect of nature rests on the equivalence of its opposites."
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Piet Mondrian
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33 Quotes by Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian has 33 quotes on this site.
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The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.
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The more basic the color, the more inward, the more pure.
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Colored planes, by their position and size as well as by their value, express only relationships, not forms.
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Intellect confuses intuition.
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All painting - the painting of the past as well as of the present - shows us that its essential…
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The truly modern artist is aware of abstraction in an emotion of beauty.
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I think you too recognize the important relationship between philosophy and art, and it is just this relationship that most…
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The only problem in art is to achieve a balance between subjective and objective.
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I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the…
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The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from…
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To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed…
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I don't want pictures, I want to find things out.
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Well begun is half done.
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