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“Everything shows me its face, its innermost being, its secret soul, which is more often silent than heard.”

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Wassily Kandinsky, born on December 16, 1866, and died on December 13, 1944, was a prominent artist from Russia. He is considered one of the pioneers of abstract art and his works have had a profound impact on 20th-century art. more

“Today is the great day of one of the revelations of this world. The interrelationships of these individual realms were illumined as by a flash of lightning; they burst unexpected, frightening, and joyous out of the darkness. Never were they so strongly tied together and never so sharply divided.”

World Today Together Individual Darkness This World Realms Revelations Unexpected Divided Tied Flash Frightening Lightning Joyous Great Day

Author:Wassily Kandinsky

“Barriers are continually being made out of... new values which have overturned the barriers of the past. Thus one sees that it is not basically the new value that is of prime importance, but rather the spirit that is revealed in this value, as well as the freedom necessary for this revelation.”

Wells Made Past Spirit Values Importance Revelations Barriers Prime

Author:Wassily Kandinsky

“I really believe that I am the first and only artist to throw not just the 'subject' out of my paintings, but every 'object' as well.”

Firsts Believe Wells Artist Subjects Objects Painting

Author:Wassily Kandinsky

“It should not be forgotten that art is not a science where the latest 'correct' theory declares the old to be false and erases it.”

Should Art Theory Art Is Forgotten Erase

Book:Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art

Source: Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art

“Our epoch is a time of tragic collision between matter and spirit and of the downfall of the purely material world view.”

World Matter Spirit Views Materials Tragic Downfall Epoch Collision World View Material World Timeliness

Book:Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art

Source: Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art

“It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.”

Truth Science Speak Fool Foolishness Prerogative Scientific Truth Sandman

Book:The Absolute Sandman

Source: The Absolute Sandman

“Efforts to revive the art principles of the past at best produce works of art that resemble a stillborn child.”

Children Art Past Effort Principles Produce Tradition Works Of Art Revive

Book:Kandinsky, Russia and the Bauhaus, 1912-1932: January 5-Febr Uary 11, 1984

Source: Kandinsky, Russia and the Bauhaus, 1912-1932: January 5-Febr Uary 11, 1984

“I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But what is it that provokes in me this pursuit of the impression of fire? Why must I search for its traces?”

Way Made Fire Painting Surface Pursuit Impression Burning Flames Provoking Spontaneous

Author:Yves Klein

“To feel the soul without explaining it, without vocabulary, and to represent this sensation.”

Feels Soul Communication Sensations Vocabulary Explaining

Book:Yves Klein

Source: Yves Klein

“Every phenomenon manifests itself of its own accord. This manifestation is always distinct from form, and is the essence of the immediate, the trace of the immediate.”

Form Essence Manifestation Phenomenon Accord

Author:Yves Klein

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