Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian
Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Mondriaan, after 1906 Mondrian, was a Dutch painter...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth7 March 1872
CityAmersfoort, Netherlands
Piet Mondrian quotes about
beauty liberated time ugly unified unique vision
Things are beautiful or ugly only in time and space. The new man's vision being liberated from these two factors, all is unified in one unique beauty.
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.
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.
freedom inherent man universal
The desire for freedom and equilibrium (harmony) is inherent in man (due to the universal in him).
art
I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art.
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.
conscious man transcend universal
Only conscious man can mirror the universal: he can consciously become one with the universal and so can consciously transcend the individual.
dimension exist expressed oppose positions regard relationship
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.
art neither
Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative.
The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel.
absolute appear relations relativity rhythm size time
The rhythm of relations of color and size makes the absolute appear in the relativity of time and space.
definite insofar quite satisfied
I am only satisfied insofar as I feel 'Broadway Boogie Woogie' is a definite progress, but even about this picture I am not quite satisfied. There is still too much of the old in it.
achieved balance bring cannot cause changes eternal explain follow happiness loss negative positive states time
The positive and negative states of being bring about action. They cause the loss of balance and of happiness. They cause the eternal revolutions - the changes that follow one upon the other. They explain why happiness cannot be achieved in time.
brought came cutting destroy lines means mutual plane remained volume
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.