Quote #21

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 overtones could be gradually experienced by the viewer one after the other...and here and there even purely abstract forms came in of their own accord,in other words,that had to have a purely painterly effect.

More from Wassily Kandinsky

  1. Let the viewer stroll around within the picture,to force him to forget himself and so to become a part of the picture.
  2. As has been said...it is impossible to make clear the aims of a work of art by means of words.
  3. The medieval pictures I painted were inspired by the impressions of old Schwabing.
  4. I only want to paint good,necessary,living pictures,which are experienced properly by at least a few viewers.
  5. 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…
  6. I saw all my colours in spirit.Wild,almost mad lines drew themselves in front of me.(On seeing Wagner's Lohengrin)
  7. There is no must in art because art is free.
  8. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammer, the soul is the piano with the strings. (Comparing Painting and Music)

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