As a picture painted in yellow always radiates spiritual warmth, or as one in blue has apparently a cooling effect, so green is only boring. Wassily Kandinsky More Quotes by Wassily Kandinsky More Quotes From Wassily Kandinsky That is beautiful which is produced by the inner need, which springs from the soul. Wassily Kandinsky motivationalbeautifulinspirational The artist must have something to say, for mastery over form is not his goal but rather the adapting of form to its inner meaning. Wassily Kandinsky masterygoalart Every phenomenon can be experienced in two ways. These two ways are not arbitrary, but are bound up with the phenomenon – developing out of its nature and characteristics : Externally – or – inwardly. Wassily Kandinsky arbitrarytwoway I value those artists who embody the expression of their life. Wassily Kandinsky valuesartistexpression Almost without exception, blue refers to the domain of abstraction and immateriality. Wassily Kandinsky exceptiondomainblue Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow. Wassily Kandinsky orangehumanityyellow In general, therefore, color is a means of exerting a direct influence upon the soul. Color is the keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano with its many strings. The artist is the hand that purposefully sets the soul vibrating by means of this or that key. Wassily Kandinsky eyeartistmean The eyes are hammers. Wassily Kandinsky hammerseye Everything that is dead quivers. Not only the things of poetry, stars, moon, wood, flowers, but even a white trouser button glittering out of a puddle in the street... Everything has a secret soul, which is silent more often than it speaks. Wassily Kandinsky starsflowermoon In their pursuit of the same supreme end, Matisse and Picasso stand side by side, Matisse representing color and Picasso form. Wassily Kandinsky colorendssides The joy of life consists in the inevitable, continual triumph of new values. Wassily Kandinsky inevitabletriumphjoy Color cannot stand alone. Wassily Kandinsky stand-alonecolor The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip. Wassily Kandinsky evilgamespast The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically. Wassily Kandinsky keysartisthands Each color lives by its mysterious life. Wassily Kandinsky mysterious-lifemysteriouscolor The composition is the organized sum of the interior functions of every part of the work. Wassily Kandinsky compositionfunctionorganized Abstract art places a new world, which on the surface has nothing to do with 'reality,' next to the 'real' world. Wassily Kandinsky realworldart With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena, but rather to the expression of the artist's soul, in musical sound. Wassily Kandinsky expressioninspiringart It is essential that the painter should develop not only his eyes, but also his soul, so that it too may be capable of weighing colors in balance. Wassily Kandinsky coloreyesoul All methods are sacred if they are internally necessary. All methods are sins if they are not justified by internal necessity. Wassily Kandinsky sacredjustifiedsin
