The spirit is often concealed within matter to such an extent that few people are generally capable of perceiving it. Wassily Kandinsky More Quotes by Wassily Kandinsky More Quotes From Wassily Kandinsky Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul. Wassily Kandinsky eyeinspiringart Colour is a power which directly influences the soul. Wassily Kandinsky vibrationssoulscience The true work of art is born from the 'artist': a mysterious, enigmatic, and mystical creation. It detaches itself from him, it acquires an autonomous life, becomes a personality, an independent subject, animated with a spiritual breath, the living subject of a real existence of being. Wassily Kandinsky realspiritualart Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential. Wassily Kandinsky abstract-paintingcolorart Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body. Wassily Kandinsky psychicscolorreal The observer must learn to look at the picture as a graphic representation of a mood and not as a representation of objects. Wassily Kandinsky creativityphotographyart Everything starts from a dot. Wassily Kandinsky drawinginspiringart There is no must in art because art is free. Wassily Kandinsky painterfreedomart … lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and … stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to “walk about” into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want? Wassily Kandinsky eyeinspiringthinking To create a work of art is to create the world. Wassily Kandinsky art-isworldart The deeper the blue becomes, the more strongly it calls man towards the infinite, awakening in him a desire for the pure and, finally, for the supernatural The brighter it becomes, the more it loses its sound, until it turns into silent stillness and becomes white. Wassily Kandinsky whitebluemen The circle is the synthesis of the greatest oppositions. It combines the concentric and the eccentric in a single form and in equilibrium. Of the three primary forms, it points most clearly to the fourth dimension. Wassily Kandinsky circlesthreesynthesis The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul. Wassily Kandinsky eyesoulart In every painting a whole is mysteriously enclosed, a whole life of tortures, doubts, of hours of enthusiasm and inspiration. Wassily Kandinsky inspirationenthusiasmdoubt With cold eyes and indifferent mind the spectators regard the work. Connoissers admire the "skill" (as one admires a tightrope walker), enjoy the "quality of painting" (as one enjoys a pasty). But hungry souls go hungry away. The vulgar herd stroll through the rooms and pronounce the pictures "nice" or "splendid." Those who could speak have said nothing, those who could hear have heard nothing. Wassily Kandinsky niceskillseye Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated. Wassily Kandinsky motherchildrenart Empty canvas. In appearance - really empty, silent, indifferent. Stunned, almost. In effect - full of tensions, with thousand subdued voices, heavy with expectations. A little frightened because it may be violated Wassily Kandinsky voiceexpectationsmay Color is the keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano, with its many strings. Wassily Kandinsky pianocoloreye Color is a means to exert a direct influence on the soul. Wassily Kandinsky colorsoulmean The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended. Wassily Kandinsky healthbodyexercise
