Quote #20

Let the viewer stroll around within the picture,to force him to forget himself and so to become a part of the picture.

More from Wassily Kandinsky

  1. The medieval pictures I painted were inspired by the impressions of old Schwabing.
  2. I more or less dissolved the objects(in my improvisations) so that not all of them could be recognised at once,so that the spiritual overto…
  3. 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…
  4. As has been said...it is impossible to make clear the aims of a work of art by means of words.
  5. There is no must in art because art is free.
  6. I only want to paint good,necessary,living pictures,which are experienced properly by at least a few viewers.
  7. 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 evo…
  8. I saw all my colours in spirit.Wild,almost mad lines drew themselves in front of me.(On seeing Wagner's Lohengrin)

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