Dance, theatre, etc. as art, will disappear along with the dominating 'expression' of tragedy and harmony: the movement of life itself will become harmonious. Piet Mondrian artdancedisappear Change image and share on social
It has become progressively clearer that the plastic expression of true reality is attained through dynamic movement in equilibrium. Plastic art affirms that equilibrium can only be established through the balance of unequal but equivalent oppositions. Piet Mondrian affirmartattain share on social
Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative. Piet Mondrian abstractartdecorative Change image and share on social
Through the very culture of representation through form, we have come to see that the abstract - like the mathematical - is actually expressed in and through all things, although not determinately. Piet Mondrian abstractculturedeterminately 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
Non-figurative art is created by establishing a dynamic rhythm of determinate mutual relations which excludes the formation of any particular form. Piet Mondrian artcreatedeterminate Change image and 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
If the universal is the essential, then it is the basis of all life and art. Recognizing and uniting with the universal therefore gives us the greatest aesthetic satisfaction, the greatest emotion of beauty. Piet Mondrian aestheticartbasis share on social
I came to the destruction of volume by the use of the plane. This I accomplished by means of lines cutting the planes. But still, the plane remained too intact. So I came to making only lines and brought the colour within the lines. Now the only problem was to destroy these lines also through mutual oppositions. Piet Mondrian accomplishbringcolour share on social