94 Quotes by Piet Mondrian

I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art.

The desire for freedom and equilibrium (harmony) is inherent in man (due to the universal in him).

I do not know how I shall develop, but for the present, I am continuing to work within ordinary, generally known terrain, different only because of a deep substratum, which leads those who are receptive to sense the finer regions.

Let us note that art - even on an abstract level - has never been confined to 'idea'; art has always been the 'realized' expression of equilibrium.

Things are beautiful or ugly only in time and space. The new man's vision being liberated from these two factors, all is unified in one unique beauty.

I want to abolish time, especially in the contemplation of architecture.

We need words to name and designate things. But we have only a static language with which to express ourselves.

The artist sees the tragic to such a degree that he is compelled to express the non-tragic.

All individual thought is dissolved in universal thought, as all form is dissolved in the universal plastic means of Abstract-Real painting.