By turning from the surface, one comes closer to the inner laws of matter, which are also the laws of the Spirit.
More Quotes by Piet Mondrian
Art is the path to being spiritual.
Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative.
If the universal is the essential, then it is the basis of all life and art. Recognizing and uniting with the universal therefore gives us the greatest aesthetic satisfaction, the greatest emotion of beauty.
As tradition, the female element clings to the old art and opposes anything new - precisely because each new art moves further away from the natural appearance of things.
Everything is expressed through relationship. Colour can exist only through other colours, dimension through other dimensions, position through other positions that oppose them. That is why I regard relationship as the principal thing.
I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art.