The force that propels the human spirit on the clear way forward and upward is the abstract spirit. 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 sacredjustifiedsin 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 spiritualheartmen 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 artistbelievefirsts 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 canvasknivescolor Colors produce a spiritual vibration, the impression they create is important only as a step towards this vibration. Wassily Kandinsky colorimportantspiritual 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 shouldforgottenart Music is the ultimate teacher. Wassily Kandinsky ultimatemusic-isteacher An empty canvas is a living wonder - far lovelier than certain pictures. Wassily Kandinsky canvasemptywonder A world of colors on the palette remaining... wandering... on canvases still emerging. Wassily Kandinsky wandercolorworld 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 impactcirclespowerful In the hierarchy of colors, green represents the social middle class, self-satisfied, immovable, narrow. Wassily Kandinsky colorselfclass Everything shows me its face, its innermost being, its secret soul, which is more often silent than heard. Wassily Kandinsky soulsecretfaces 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 passiongriefmen 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 despairsoulyears 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 realityfactsdull 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 sundayartistchildren The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal. Wassily Kandinsky appealsabstractart 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 futureuseart Every work of art is the child of its time, often it is the mother of our emotions. Wassily Kandinsky mothertimeart Generally speaking, color directly influences the soul. Wassily Kandinsky influencecolorsoul
