Thursday, February 9, 2017

"It Affected Me Like A Prayer & Filled Me With Awe"


The word compositon moved me spiritually and I made it my aim in life to paint a composition. It affected me like a prayer and filled me with awe. (Wassily Kandinsky)

"Tragic Collision Between Matter and Spirit and of the Downfall of the Purely Material World View"


Our epoch is a time of tragic collision between matter and spirit and of the downfall of the purely material world view. (Wassily Kandinsky)

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Physical Proverbs and Psalms of the Human Condition X


The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip. (Wassily Kandinsky)


The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip. (Wassily Kandinsky)


The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip. (Wassily Kandinsky)


The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip. (Wassily Kandinsky)

Physical Proverbs and Psalms of the Human Condition X

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Physical Proverbs and Psalms of the Human Condition IX


To create a work of art is to create the world. (Wassily Kandinsky)


To create a work of art is to create the world. (Wassily Kandinsky)


To create a work of art is to create the world. (Wassily Kandinsky)


To create a work of art is to create the world. (Wassily Kandinsky)

Physical Proverbs and Psalms of the Human Condition IX

Monday, February 6, 2017

Physical Proverbs and Psalms of the Human Condition VIII


A painter, who finds no satisfaction in mere representation, however artistic, in his longing to express his inner life, cannot but envy the ease with which music, the most non-material of the arts today, achieves this end. He naturally seeks to apply the methods of music to his own art. (Wassily Kandinsky)


A painter, who finds no satisfaction in mere representation, however artistic, in his longing to express his inner life, cannot but envy the ease with which music, the most non-material of the arts today, achieves this end. He naturally seeks to apply the methods of music to his own art. (Wassily Kandinsky)


A painter, who finds no satisfaction in mere representation, however artistic, in his longing to express his inner life, cannot but envy the ease with which music, the most non-material of the arts today, achieves this end. He naturally seeks to apply the methods of music to his own art. (Wassily Kandinsky)


A painter, who finds no satisfaction in mere representation, however artistic, in his longing to express his inner life, cannot but envy the ease with which music, the most non-material of the arts today, achieves this end. He naturally seeks to apply the methods of music to his own art. (Wassily Kandinsky)

Physical Proverbs and Psalms of the Human Condition VIII



Sunday, February 5, 2017

Physical Proverbs and Psalms of the Human Condition VII


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 another, to cause vibrations in the soul. (Wassily Kandinsky)


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 another, to cause vibrations in the soul. (Wassily Kandinsky)


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 another, to cause vibrations in the soul. (Wassily Kandinsky)


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 another, to cause vibrations in the soul. (Wassily Kandinsky)

Physical Proverbs and Psalms of the Human Condition VII

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Physical Proverbs and Psalms of the Human Condition VI


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 composition and for color, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential. (Wassily Kandinsky)


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 composition and for color, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential. (Wassily Kandinsky)


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 composition and for color, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential. (Wassily Kandinsky)


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 composition and for color, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential. (Wassily Kandinsky)

Physical Proverbs and Psalms of the Human Condition VI