"Intuition enlightens and so links up with pure thought. They together become an intelligence which is not simply of the brain, which does not calculate, but feels and thinks."
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Piet Mondrian, born on March 7, 1872, in Amersfoort, Netherlands, emerged as a pivotal figure in modern art, celebrated for his abstraction and contribution to the De Stijl movement. His revolutionary use of geometric forms and primary colors redefined artistic boundaries, moving away from representational art to a new visual language focused on purity and harmony. Mondrian's work not only influenced countless artists but also laid the groundwork for minimalist design and architecture, leaving a lasting legacy that continues to inspire today.
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"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."
Piet Mondrian"The rhythm of relations of color and size makes the absolute appear in the relativity of time and space."
Piet Mondrian
"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."
Piet Mondrian
"It has become progressively clearer that the plastic expression of true reality is attained through dynamic movement in equilibrium. Plastic art affirms that equilibrium can only be established through the balance of unequal but equivalent oppositions."
Piet Mondrian