Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian
Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Mondriaan, after 1906 Mondrian, was a Dutch painter...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth7 March 1872
CityAmersfoort, Netherlands
closer inner turning
By turning from the surface, one comes closer to the inner laws of matter, which are also the laws of the Spirit.
dissolved form means plastic universal
All individual thought is dissolved in universal thought, as all form is dissolved in the universal plastic means of Abstract-Real painting.
degree express sees
The artist sees the tragic to such a degree that he is compelled to express the non-tragic.
express language name static words
We need words to name and designate things. But we have only a static language with which to express ourselves.
time
I want to abolish time, especially in the contemplation of architecture.
beauty liberated time ugly unified unique vision
Things are beautiful or ugly only in time and space. The new man's vision being liberated from these two factors, all is unified in one unique beauty.
art confined level note
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.
continuing deep finer generally known leads receptive shall within work
I do not know how I shall develop, but for the present, I am continuing to work within ordinary, generally known terrain, different only because of a deep substratum, which leads those who are receptive to sense the finer regions.
freedom inherent man universal
The desire for freedom and equilibrium (harmony) is inherent in man (due to the universal in him).
art
I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art.
came existence ideal move since
To move the picture into our surroundings and give it real existence has been my ideal since I came to abstract painting.
conscious man transcend universal
Only conscious man can mirror the universal: he can consciously become one with the universal and so can consciously transcend the individual.
dimension exist expressed oppose positions regard relationship
Everything is expressed through relationship. Colour can exist only through other colours, dimension through other dimensions, position through other positions that oppose them. That is why I regard relationship as the principal thing.
art neither
Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative.