Cubism did not accept the logical consequences of its own discoveries; it was not developing abstraction towards its own goal, the expression of pure reality.
Piet MondrianRead
Experience was my only teacher; I knew little of the modern art movement. When I first saw the works of the Impressionists, van Gogh, van Dongen, and Fauves, I admired it. But I had to seek the true way alone.
Interpretation
Experience can be a powerful teacher, especially in understanding art and its movements.
Piet Mondrian reflects on his journey of learning about modern art, emphasizing that while he admired the works of influential movements and artists like the Impressionists and Fauves, his personal experience and exploration were crucial in truly comprehending and finding his own artistic path. This highlights the importance of self-discovery and personal interpretation in artistic education.
In practice
In an art class, discussing the importance of personal exploration in understanding styles like Impressionism.
Cubism did not accept the logical consequences of its own discoveries; it was not developing abstraction towards its own goal, the expression of pure reality.
I think you too recognize the important relationship between philosophy and art, and it is just this relationship that most painters deny. The great masters do grasp it, unconsciously; but I believe that a painter's conscious spiritual knowledge will have a much greater influence upon his art, and that it would be due only to a weakness in him, or lack of genius, should this spiritual knowledge be harmful to his art.
One can rightly speak of an evolution in plastic art. It is of the greatest importance to note this fact, for it reveals the true way of art - the only path along which we can advance.
Vertical and horizontal lines are the expression of two opposing forces; they exist everywhere and dominate everything; their reciprocal action constitutes 'life'. I recognized that the equilibrium of any particular aspect of nature rests on the equivalence of its opposites.
The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from the picture.
The truly modern artist is aware of abstraction in an emotion of beauty.
I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win.
The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea.
To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must not impose an ending upon them.
I love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true.
If a story doesn't give you a hard-on in the first couple of scenes, throw it in the goddamned garbage.
I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting to do independent film. Wanting to break into television or radio.
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