Author: Piet Mondrian

Quotes

Let us note that art - even on an abstract level - has never been confined to 'idea'; art has always been the 'realized' expression of equilibrium.

Let us note that art - even on an abstract level - has never been confined to 'idea'; art has always been the 'realized' expression of equilibrium.

- Piet Mondrian

I want to abolish time, especially in the contemplation of architecture.

I want to abolish time, especially in the contemplation of architecture.

- Piet Mondrian

I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art.

I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art.

- Piet Mondrian

Non-figurative art is created by establishing a dynamic rhythm of determinate mutual relations which excludes the formation of any particular form.

Non-figurative art is created by establishing a dynamic rhythm of determinate mutual relations which excludes the formation of any particular form.

- Piet Mondrian

Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative.

Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative.

- Piet Mondrian

Art is the path to being spiritual.

Art is the path to being spiritual.

- Piet Mondrian

If the paying public demands naturalistic art, then an artist can use his skills to produce such pictures - but these are to be clearly distinguished from the artist's own art.

If the paying public demands naturalistic art, then an artist can use his skills to produce such pictures - but these are to be clearly distinguished from the artist's own art.

- Piet Mondrian

Intuition enlightens and so links up with pure thought. They together become an intelligence which is not simply of the brain, which does not calculate, but feels and thinks.

Intuition enlightens and so links up with pure thought. They together become an intelligence which is not simply of the brain, which does not calculate, but feels and thinks.

- Piet Mondrian

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