The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.
abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.
To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual.
It is a task of art to express clear vision of reality.
In past times when one lived in contact with nature, abstraction was easy; it was done unconsciously. Now in our denaturalized age abstraction becomes an effort.
Art on the contrary sought this harmony in practice (of art itself). More and more in its creations it has given inwardness to that what surrounds us in nature, until, in Neo-Plasticism, nature is no longer dominant. This achievement of balance may prepare the way for the fulfilment of man and signal the end of (what we call) art. (192123
I hate everything approaching temperamental inspiration,'sacred fire'and all those attributes of genius which serve only as cloaks for untidy minds.
You are not just fighting one opponent. You are fighting the unknown.
Scotland is a great country and many wonderful things have come out of this country, however England gets the glory.
I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
The future and where we're going can be very terrifying, in some ways, but it's also really inspirational.