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Only conscious man can mirror the universal: he can consciously become one with the universal and so can consciously transcend the individual.

~Piet Mondrian

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True Boogie-Woogie I conceive as homogeneous in intention with mine in painting: destruction of melody, which is the equivalent of destruction of natural appearance, and construction through the continuous opposition of pure means - dynamic rhythm.

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I came to the destruction of volume by the use of the plane. This I accomplished by means of lines cutting the planes. But still, the plane remained too intact. So I came to making only lines and brought the colour within the lines. Now the only problem was to destroy these lines also through mutual oppositions.

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As tradition, the female element clings to the old art and opposes anything new - precisely because each new art moves further away from the natural appearance of things.

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Through the very culture of representation through form, we have come to see that the abstract - like the mathematical - is actually expressed in and through all things, although not determinately.

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By turning from the surface, one comes closer to the inner laws of matter, which are also the laws of the Spirit.

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One can rightly speak of an evolution in plastic art. It is of the greatest importance to note this fact, for it reveals the true way of art - the only path along which we can advance.

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I began as a naturalistic painter. Very quickly I felt the urgent need for a more concise form of expression and an economy of means. I never stopped progressing toward abstraction.

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I am only satisfied insofar as I feel 'Broadway Boogie Woogie' is a definite progress, but even about this picture I am not quite satisfied. There is still too much of the old in it.

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

~Piet Mondrian

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Biography

Nationality: Dutch

Type: Artist

Born: March 7th, 1872

Died: February 1st, 1944

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