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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
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Wassily Kandinsky
Age: 77 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 1
Died: 1944
Died: January 1
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Moscow
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The arts are encroaching one upon another, and from a proper use of this encroachment will rise the art that is truly monumental.
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Our epoch is a time of tragic collision between matter and spirit and of the downfall of the purely material world view.
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Color is the keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano, with its many strings.
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