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“A parallel between color and music can only be relative – just as a violin can give warm shades of tone, so yellow has shades, which can be expressed by various instruments.”

Quote by Wassily Kandinsky

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Wassily Kandinsky

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

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Book:Concerning the spiritual in art, and painting in particular: 1912

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Source: The Letters and Diaries of Oskar Schlemmer

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