All that is base in the masses is temporary, no doubt serving only to prevent evolution (that of the elite, as well) from proceeding too quickly and thus not becoming 'reality.' Piet Mondrian basedoubtelite Change image and share on social
Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative. Piet Mondrian abstractartdecorative Change image and share on social
To move the picture into our surroundings and give it real existence has been my ideal since I came to abstract painting. Piet Mondrian abstractexistencegive Change image and share on social
We must look not to the negative (the misery, the bestial in life), although we undergo it and sympathize with it, but rather to the burgeoning life around us, which is strengthened by the negative. Piet Mondrian bestialburgeonlife Change image and share on social
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. Piet Mondrian continuedeepdevelop share on social
The clarification of equilibrium through plastic art is of great importance for humanity. It reveals that although human life in time is doomed to disequilibrium, notwithstanding this, it is based on equilibrium. It demonstrates that equilibrium can become more and more living in us. Piet Mondrian artbaseclarification share on social
The subjectivization of the universal in art brings the universal downward on one hand, while on the other it helps raise the individual toward the universal. Piet Mondrian artbringdownward Change image and share on social
Intuition enlightens and so links up with pure thought. They together become an intelligence which is not simply of the brain, which does not calculate, but feels and thinks. Piet Mondrian braincalculateenlighten Change image and share on social
One can rightly speak of an evolution in plastic art. It is of the greatest importance to note this fact, for it reveals the true way of art - the only path along which we can advance. Piet Mondrian advanceartevolution Change image and share on social
The natural does not have to be a specific representation. I am now working on a thing which is a reconstruction of a starry sky, yet I make it, nevertheless, without a given in nature. Piet Mondrian makenaturalnature Change image and share on social
