Piet Mondrian Professions : Painter Born : March 7, 1872 Died : February 1, 1944 Browse All Authors Top 68 quotes by 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. Piet Mondrian expression opposites two The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from the picture. Piet Mondrian objects emotion appearance abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality. Piet Mondrian vision reality art Every true artist has been inspired more by the beauty of lines and color and the relationships between them than by the concrete subject of the picture. Piet Mondrian lines color artist The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel. Piet Mondrian humility humble art Art is not made for anybody and is, at the same time, for everybody. Piet Mondrian art-is made art It is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and rhythm, these basic forms of beauty, supplemented if necessary by other direct lines or curves, can become a work of art, as strong as it is true. Piet Mondrian curves strong art I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects. Piet Mondrian quality fundamentals wish The more basic the color, the more inward, the more pure. Piet Mondrian inward pure color The surface of things gives enjoyment, their interiority gives life. Piet Mondrian enjoyment surface giving I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within. Piet Mondrian flower beautiful lying Curves are so emotional. Piet Mondrian curves emotional emotion The unconscious in us warns us that in art we have to followoneparticular path. And if wefollow it, it isnotthe sign of anunconscious act.On the contrary, it showsthat there is in our ordinary consciousness a greater awareness of our unconsciousness. Piet Mondrian path ordinary art I don't want pictures, I want to find things out. Piet Mondrian want Everything is expressed through RELATIONSHIPS. Piet Mondrian I think you too recognize the important relationship between philosophy and art, and it is just this relationship that most painters deny. The great masters do grasp it, unconsciously; but I believe that a painter's conscious spiritual knowledge will have a much greater influence upon his art, and that it would be due only to a weakness in him, or lack of genius, should this spiritual knowledge be harmful to his art. Piet Mondrian spiritual philosophy art Intellect confuses intuition. Piet Mondrian intellect intuition The relation of color and the relation of proportion are both based on the relation of position. Piet Mondrian proportion color relation The truly modern artist is aware of abstraction in an emotion of beauty. Piet Mondrian modern emotion art If you follow nature you will not be able to vanquish the tragic in any real degree in your art... We must free ourselves from our attachment to the external, for only then do we transcend the tragic, and are enabled consciously to contemplate the repose which is within all things. Piet Mondrian attachment real art Similar Authors Barry McGee painter Brion Gysin painter Bridget Riley painter Boris Vallejo painter Allan Kaprow painter Augustus John painter All Authors
