Whoever says he is starting from a given in nature may be right, and so is he who says he is starting from nothing! Piet Mondrian More Quotes by Piet Mondrian More Quotes From 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 expressionoppositestwo The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from the picture. Piet Mondrian objectsemotionappearance abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality. Piet Mondrian visionrealityart 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 linescolorartist The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel. Piet Mondrian humilityhumbleart Art is not made for anybody and is, at the same time, for everybody. Piet Mondrian art-ismadeart 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 curvesstrongart 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 qualityfundamentalswish The more basic the color, the more inward, the more pure. Piet Mondrian inwardpurecolor The surface of things gives enjoyment, their interiority gives life. Piet Mondrian enjoymentsurfacegiving I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within. Piet Mondrian flowerbeautifullying Curves are so emotional. Piet Mondrian curvesemotionalemotion 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 pathordinaryart 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 spiritualphilosophyart Intellect confuses intuition. Piet Mondrian intellectintuition The relation of color and the relation of proportion are both based on the relation of position. Piet Mondrian proportioncolorrelation The truly modern artist is aware of abstraction in an emotion of beauty. Piet Mondrian modernemotionart 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 attachmentrealart
