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Inspirational Art Quotes by the famous Dutch
painter and abstract artist Piet Mondrian
born Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan
- Amersfoort, Netherlands - 7th of March, 1872 / Died 1st of February, 1944
Piet Mondrian was most famous for his abstract works that were made up of rectangular
shapes, mostly outlined in black, with the white background showing through, along
with primary colored rectangles.
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+ I believe
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.
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Art is not made for anybody and is, at the same time, for everybody.
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The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.
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The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore
the object must be eliminated from the picture.
+ To approach the spiritual
in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is
opposed to the spiritual.
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I construct
lines and color combinations on a flat surface, in order to express general beauty
with the utmost awareness. Nature (or, that which I see) inspires me, puts me,
as with any painter, in an emotional state so that an urge comes about to make
something, but I want to come as close as possible to the truth and abstract everything
from that, until I reach the foundation (still just an external foundation) of
things.
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