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
I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art. Piet Mondrian artdestructiveelement Change image and share on social
I began as a naturalistic painter. Very quickly I felt the urgent need for a more concise form of expression and an economy of means. I never stopped progressing toward abstraction. Piet Mondrian abstractionbeginconcise Change image and share on social
The most advanced minds as well as the least advanced are obliged to use the same words. If we adopt new words, it will be even more difficult - if not impossible - to make ourselves understood. The new man must therefore express himself in conventional language. Piet Mondrian adoptadvanceconventional share on social
Whoever says he is starting from a given in nature may be right, and so is he who says he is starting from nothing! Piet Mondrian naturestart Change image and share on social
Everything is expressed through relationship. Colour can exist only through other colours, dimension through other dimensions, position through other positions that oppose them. That is why I regard relationship as the principal thing. Piet Mondrian colourdimensionexist share on social
The spiritual (i.e. the supersensory) has many degrees; thus, the term 'spiritual' is used both for the scale of degrees away from the physical towards the spirit, but also only for the spiritual proper. Piet Mondrian degreephysicalproper share on social
Reality only appears to us tragical because of the disequilibrium and confusion of its appearances. Piet Mondrian appearappearanceconfusion Change image and share on social
Experience was my only teacher; I knew little of the modern art movement. When I first saw the works of the Impressionists, van Gogh, van Dongen, and Fauves, I admired it. But I had to seek the true way alone. Piet Mondrian admireartdongen share on social
The meaning of words has become so blurred by past usage that 'abstract' is identified with 'vague' and 'unreal,' and 'inwardness' with a sort of traditional beatitude... The conception of the word 'plastic' has also been limited by individual interpretations. Piet Mondrian abstractbeatitudeblur share on social
