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Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.

Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.

Wassily Kandinsky
Science, Soul, Vibrations
Wassily Kandinsky (1914). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, p.25, Courier Corporation

The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.

Wassily Kandinsky
Art, Eye, Soul
Wassily Kandinsky (2015). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, p.68, Sheba Blake Publishing

Art is not vague production, transitory and isolated, but a power which must be directed to the improvement and refinement of the human soul.

Wassily Kandinsky
Art, Soul, Improvement
Wassily Kandinsky (1914). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, p.54, Courier Corporation

Color is a means to exert a direct influence on the soul.

Wassily Kandinsky
Mean, Color, Soul
"Abstract Art" by Anna Moszynska, Thames and Hudson, 1990.

Only just now awakening after years of materialism, our soul is still infected with the despair born of unbelief, of lack of purpose and aim.

Wassily Kandinsky
Years, Soul, Despair
Wassily Kandinsky (1970). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art: And Painting in Particular”

It is essential that the painter should develop not only his eyes, but also his soul, so that it too may be capable of weighing colors in balance.

Wassily Kandinsky
Eye, Color, Soul
Wassily Kandinsky, Kenneth Clement Lindsay, Peter Vergo (1994). “Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art”

Doubts must be resolved alone within the soul. Otherwise one would profane one's own powerful solution.

Wassily Kandinsky
Powerful, Soul, Doubt

Everything shows me its face, its innermost being, its secret soul, which is more often silent than heard.

Wassily Kandinsky
Soul, Secret, Faces

Generally speaking, color directly influences the soul.

Wassily Kandinsky
Color, Soul, Influence
Wassily Kandinsky (1955). “Concerning the spiritual in art, and painting in particular: 1912”

Whether the psychological effect of color is direct...or whether it is the outcome of association, is open to question. The soul being one with the body, it may well be possible that a psychological tremor generates corresponding one through association.

Wassily Kandinsky
Color, Soul, Body

The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul, so that it can weigh colours in its own scale and thus become a determinant in artistic creation.

Wassily Kandinsky
Eye, Artist, Soul
Wassily Kandinsky (1970). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art: And Painting in Particular”

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