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.
Interpretation
Art should express something deeper rather than just display technical skill.
This quote by Wassily Kandinsky emphasizes that the primary purpose of an artist is to convey a message or an emotion rather than merely showcasing their technical abilities in art. Kandinsky suggests that true mastery lies in the ability to adapt artistic forms to express the deeper meanings and truths that resonate within the soul of the artist.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of art in education, one might say, 'As Kandinsky puts it, the artist must have something to say.'
The true work of art is born from the 'artist': a mysterious, enigmatic, and mystical creation. It detaches itself from him, it acquires an autonomous life, becomes a personality, an independent subject, animated with a spiritual breath, the living subject of a real existence of being.
With cold eyes and indifferent mind the spectators regard the work. Connoissers admire the "skill" (as one admires a tightrope walker), enjoy the "quality of painting" (as one enjoys a pasty). But hungry souls go hungry away. The vulgar herd stroll through the rooms and pronounce the pictures "nice" or "splendid." Those who could speak have said nothing, those who could hear have heard nothing.
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 more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal.
All methods are sacred if they are internally necessary. All methods are sins if they are not justified by internal necessity.
Every man who steeps himself in the spiritual possibilities of his heart is a valuable helper in the building of the spiritual pyramid which will someday reach to heaven.
The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.
Personal style is about a sense of yourself, a sense of what you believe in and wearing what you like.
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do.
The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If you get distracted or allow yourself to drift, you will never make it to the destination. It's not like highly defined train tracks or a highway; this is a path that you are creating discovering. The journey is your narrative. Keep to it and there will be a tale told.
What a privilege and honour it has been to be part of seven years of magic in a tent - 'The Great British Bake Off.'
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