"'To abstract' something implies one of those mental activities (in contrast to emotional spontaneity) through which c…"

"Piet Mondrian realizes the importance of line. The line has almost become a work of art in itself; one can not play w…"

"..modern destruction begins where architectural structure is opened up and set into motion by colour relationships. T…"

"Since all preceding schools of painting have proved that the spirit of beauty does not lie in nature but in the 'I', …"

"European art [however] has developed from mimetic-ism and only today is arriving at an elementary plastic art."

"However, Man as the appearance of utmost internality, of spirit, does not possess any point in front, at the side or …"

"For – to say a few words on technique – whereas the curved line was used predominantly for reasons of beauty, (Phidia…"

"..art and life are no longer separate domains.. .The word 'art' no longer has anything to say to us. In place of that…"

"The development of plastic art is determined by the will to visualize. Art of the past represented the subjective vis…"

"The problem which Mondrian undertook to solve in nr. 116 [a new painting of Mondrian, exhibited in a group-exhibition…"