Piet Mondrian Quotes about Reality

abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.

abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.

Art, Reality, Vision

It is a task of art to express clear vision of reality.

Art, Reality, Vision

Piet Mondrian, Harry Holtzman, Martin S. James (1986). “The new art--the new life: the collected writings of Piet Mondrian”, Twayne Pub

To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual.

Piet Mondrian

Spiritual, Art, Reality

"Piet Mondrian: Life and Work" by Michel Seuphor, Abrams, New York, p. 117, 1956.

By the unification of architecture, sculpture and painting a new plastic reality will be created.

Piet Mondrian

Reality, Sculpture, Architecture

Piet Mondrian (2008). “Plastic art and pure plastic art, 1937, and other essays, 1941-1943”, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts

Cubism did not accept the logical consequences of its own discoveries; it was not developing abstraction towards its own goal, the expression of pure reality.

Piet Mondrian

Reality, Discovery, Expression

Piet Mondrian (2008). “Plastic art and pure plastic art, 1937, and other essays, 1941-1943”, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts

The purer the artist's 'mirror' is, the more true reality reflects in it. Overseeing the historical culture of art, we must conclude that the mirror only slowly is purified. Time producing this purifying shows a gradual, more constant and objective image of reality.

Piet Mondrian

Art, Reality, Mirrors

Piet Mondrian, Harry Holtzman, Martin S. James (1986). “The new art--the new life: the collected writings of Piet Mondrian”, Twayne Pub