Occupation: Artist Birth: December 16, 1866 Death: December 13, 1944
To create a work of art is to create the world..
The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal..
The work of art is born of the artist in a mysterious and secret way. From him it gains life and being. Nor is its existence casual and inconsequent,….
In every painting a whole is mysteriously enclosed, a whole life of tortures, doubts, of hours of enthusiasm and inspiration..
The joy of life consists in the inevitable, continual triumph of new values..
There is no must in art because art is free..
The deeper the blue becomes, the more strongly it calls man towards the infinite, awakening in him a desire for the pure and, finally, for the supern….
Each color lives by its mysterious life..
Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow..
Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body..
The artist must have something to say, for mastery over form is not his goal but rather the adapting of form to its inner meaning..
Color is a means to exert a direct influence on the soul..
The sound of colors is so definite that it would be hard to find anyone who would express bright yellow with bass notes or dark lake with treble..
The observer must learn to look at the picture as a graphic representation of a mood and not as a representation of objects..
Colour is a power which directly influences the soul..
Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or an….
… lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and … stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to “walk about” into a….
Color transmits and translates emotion..
Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for compo….
That is beautiful which is produced by the inner need, which springs from the soul..
The true work of art is born from the 'artist': a mysterious, enigmatic, and mystical creation. It detaches itself from him, it acquires an autonomou….