How can German music not be represented by an article? Wassily Kandinsky More Quotes by Wassily Kandinsky More Quotes From Wassily Kandinsky All methods are sacred if they are internally necessary. All methods are sins if they are not justified by internal necessity. Wassily Kandinsky sacred justified sin Every man who steeps himself in the spiritual possibilities of his heart is a valuable helper in the building of the spiritual pyramid which will someday reach to heaven. Wassily Kandinsky spiritual heart men I really believe that I am the first and only artist to throw not just the 'subject' out of my paintings, but every 'object' as well. Wassily Kandinsky artist believe firsts I applied streaks and blobs of colors onto the canvas with a palette knife, and I made them sing with all the intensity I could. Wassily Kandinsky canvas knives color Colors produce a spiritual vibration, the impression they create is important only as a step towards this vibration. Wassily Kandinsky color important spiritual It should not be forgotten that art is not a science where the latest 'correct' theory declares the old to be false and erases it. Wassily Kandinsky should forgotten art Music is the ultimate teacher. Wassily Kandinsky ultimate music-is teacher An empty canvas is a living wonder - far lovelier than certain pictures. Wassily Kandinsky canvas empty wonder A world of colors on the palette remaining... wandering... on canvases still emerging. Wassily Kandinsky wander color world The impact of the acute angle of a triangle on a circle produces an effect no less powerful than the finger of God touching the finger of Adam in Michelangelo. Wassily Kandinsky impact circles powerful In the hierarchy of colors, green represents the social middle class, self-satisfied, immovable, narrow. Wassily Kandinsky color self class Everything shows me its face, its innermost being, its secret soul, which is more often silent than heard. Wassily Kandinsky soul secret faces Absolute green is the most restful color, lacking any undertone of joy, grief, or passion. On exhausted men this restfulness has a beneficial effect, but after a time it becomes tedious. Wassily Kandinsky passion grief men Only just now awakening after years of materialism, our soul is still infected with the despair born of unbelief, of lack of purpose and aim. Wassily Kandinsky despair soul years An empty canvas, apparently really empty, that says nothing and is without significance – almost dull, in fact – in reality, is crammed with thousands of undertone tensions and full of expectancy. Slightly apprehensive lest it should be outraged. Wassily Kandinsky reality facts dull The artist is not a 'Sunday child' for whom everything immediately succeeds. He does not have the right to live without duty. The task that is assigned to him is painful, it is a heavy cross for him to bear. Wassily Kandinsky sunday artist children The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal. Wassily Kandinsky appeals abstract art The arts are encroaching one upon another, and from a proper use of this encroachment will rise the art that is truly monumental. Wassily Kandinsky future use art Every work of art is the child of its time, often it is the mother of our emotions. Wassily Kandinsky mother time art Generally speaking, color directly influences the soul. Wassily Kandinsky influence color soul
