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The eyes are hammers.
Wassily Kandinsky
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Wassily Kandinsky
Age: 77 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 1
Died: 1944
Died: January 1
Art Theorist
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
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I really believe that I am the first and only artist to throw not just the 'subject' out of my paintings, but every 'object' as well.
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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.
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Everything shows me its face, its innermost being, its secret soul, which is more often silent than heard.
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