Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian
Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Mondriaan, after 1906 Mondrian, was a Dutch painter...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth7 March 1872
CityAmersfoort, Netherlands
art neither
Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative.
came existence ideal move since
To move the picture into our surroundings and give it real existence has been my ideal since I came to abstract painting.
art
I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art.
continuing deep finer generally known leads receptive shall within work
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.
art confined level note
Let us note that art - even on an abstract level - has never been confined to 'idea'; art has always been the 'realized' expression of equilibrium.
time
I want to abolish time, especially in the contemplation of architecture.
degree express sees
The artist sees the tragic to such a degree that he is compelled to express the non-tragic.
dissolved form means plastic universal
All individual thought is dissolved in universal thought, as all form is dissolved in the universal plastic means of Abstract-Real painting.
closer inner turning
By turning from the surface, one comes closer to the inner laws of matter, which are also the laws of the Spirit.
art created mutual particular relations
Non-figurative art is created by establishing a dynamic rhythm of determinate mutual relations which excludes the formation of any particular form.
given nature whoever
Whoever says he is starting from a given in nature may be right, and so is he who says he is starting from nothing!
base becoming masses prevent quickly serving thus
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.'
along art disappear dominating itself life movement tragedy
Dance, theatre, etc. as art, will disappear along with the dominating 'expression' of tragedy and harmony: the movement of life itself will become harmonious.
conceive continuous dynamic equivalent intention means mine natural opposition pure
True Boogie-Woogie I conceive as homogeneous in intention with mine in painting: destruction of melody, which is the equivalent of destruction of natural appearance, and construction through the continuous opposition of pure means - dynamic rhythm.