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“There is only one road to follow, that of analysis of the basic elements in order to arrive ultimately at an adequate graphic expression.”

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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“Each period of a civilisation creates an art that is specific in it and which we will never see reborn. To try and revive the principles of art of past centuries can lead only to the production of stillborn works.”

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“All methods are sacred if they are internally necessary. All methods are sins if they are not justified by internal necessity.”

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“The artist is not a 'Sunday child' for whom everything immediately succeeds. He does not have the right to live without duty. The task that is assigned to him is painful, it is a heavy cross for him to bear.”

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“I'm only interested in being a good actor and in being remembered for my best films, not for the way I look. But it seems inevitable in this line of work that I have to care about the way I look without getting obsessed about it.”

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“Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential.”

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“An empty canvas is a living wonder - far lovelier than certain pictures.”

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“The world is full of resonances. It constitutes a cosmos of things exerting a spiritual action. The dead matter is a living spirit.”

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“The deeper the blue becomes, the more strongly it calls man towards the infinite, awakening in him a desire for the pure and, finally, for the supernatural The brighter it becomes, the more it loses its sound, until it turns into silent stillness and becomes white.”

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“As a picture painted in yellow always radiates spiritual warmth, or as one in blue has apparently a cooling effect, so green is only boring.”

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Book:Concerning the Spiritual in Art: And Painting in Particular

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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.”

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