Wassily Kandinsky Quotes About Soul

Quotes about: 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

• Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Inspiring, Art, Eye

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

• The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Artist, Keys, Hands

• Color is the keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano, with its many strings.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Eye, Color, Piano

  Quoted in K C Lindsay and P Vergo (eds and trans) Kandinsky: Complete Writings on Art (1982).

• 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”

• With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena, but rather to the expression of the artist's soul, in musical sound.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Inspiring, Art, Expression

  Wassily Kandinsky (2015). “Kandinsky”, p.59, Parkstone International

• That is beautiful which is produced by the inner need, which springs from the soul.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Beautiful

  Wassily Kandinsky (2015). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, p.78, Sheba Blake Publishing

• 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”

• The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Past, Games, Evil

  Wassily Kandinsky (2015). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, p.15, Sheba Blake Publishing

• 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.

• 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

• Everything that is dead quivers. Not only the things of poetry, stars, moon, wood, flowers, but even a white trouser button glittering out of a puddle in the street... Everything has a secret soul, which is silent more often than it speaks.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Stars, Flower, Moon

• With cold eyes and indifferent mind the spectators regard the work. Connoissers admire the "skill" (as one admires a tightrope walker), enjoy the "quality of painting" (as one enjoys a pasty). But hungry souls go hungry away. The vulgar herd stroll through the rooms and pronounce the pictures "nice" or "splendid." Those who could speak have said nothing, those who could hear have heard nothing.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Nice, Eye, Skills

• 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”

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

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Soul, Secret, Faces

• 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”

• In general, therefore, color is a means of exerting a direct influence upon the soul. Color is the keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano with its many strings. The artist is the hand that purposefully sets the soul vibrating by means of this or that key.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Mean, Eye, Artist

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

• 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

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

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Powerful, Soul, Doubt

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