Things I've Learned

I believe it is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and rhythm, these basic forms of beauty, supplemented if necessary by other direct lines or curves, can become a work of art, as strong as it is true.

This is what Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Dutch painter and member of the De Stijl movement said. The painter that always made me think “I can do that too!”, to which a good answer is “So, why you didn’t?”. Maybe I’m just waiting for my inspiration…

MORE:

• Piet Modrian (Wikipedia)
• De Stijl (Wikipedia)

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