The abstract human mind will have to receive the intended i… - Piet Mondrian

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The abstract human mind will have to receive the intended impression by its own means. I always confine myself to expressing the universal, that is, the eternal (closest to the spirit) and I do so in the simplest of external forms, in order to be able to express the inner meaning as lightly veiled as possible.

Piet Mondrian

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Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Mondriaan (after 1912: Piet Mondrian). (March 7, 1872 – February 1, 1944) was a Dutch painter starting in Dutch impressionism but soon started to develop abstraction from his landscape paintings. He became an inspiring leader of the De Stijl art movement and group, together with Theo van Doesburg. Mondrian proclaimed 'Neo Plasticism' as a completely new, Abstract art style.

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Native Name: Pieter Cornelis (Piet) Mondriaan

Alternative Names: Mondrian • Mondriaan • Piet Cornelis Mondrian • Piet Cornelies Mondrian • Piet Mondriaan • Pieter Cornelis Mondrian • Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan

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