Quote #16

A work of art consists of two elements,the inner and outer. The inner is the emotion in the soul of the artist...it has the capacity to evoke similar emotions in the observer..it must exist otherwise the work of art is a sham.

More from Wassily Kandinsky

  1. Just because an artist uses 'abstract methods' ,it does not mean he is an 'abstract' artist.It does not even mean he is an artist.
  2. There is no must in art because art is free.
  3. Both of us loved blue, Franz Marc horses, I riders. Hence the name Der Blaue Reiter.(The Blue Rider)
  4. The purpose of my book concerning the 'Spiritual in Art' and 'Der Blaue Reiter was to awaken the ability to experience the spiritual in mat…
  5. Art has much in common with religion.
  6. The medieval pictures I painted were inspired by the impressions of old Schwabing.
  7. My predilection for what is hidden,for the mysterious,saved me from the unhappy influence of popular art.
  8. Let the viewer stroll around within the picture,to force him to forget himself and so to become a part of the picture.

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