The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct is its appeal.
Die innere Notwendigkeit ist der Motor des Künstlers.
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Wassily Kandinsky
Born in Moscow in 1866, Kandinsky pioneered pure abstraction, arguing that color and form express inner necessity without depicting objects. His writings gave the movement an intellectual framework.
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