We have to believe that a creative being lives within ourselves, whether we like it or not, and that we must get out of its way, for it will not give us peace until we do.
The surface of things gives enjoyment, their interiority gives life.
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.
Mickey Cohen: New York, its like being a rat in a maze, everyone living on top of each other, but out here, I can breathe. I love Los Angeles.
The scratches in Yoko Ono records are moments of relief.
All talk of method and style seemed suddenly trivial; I became interested in meaning. I wanted to say something musically about life and living.
What's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.