I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects.

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.

Piet Mondrian

The Artist's Way A Spiritual Path to Greater Creativity by Julia Cameron

Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative.

I began as a naturalistic painter. Very quickly I felt the urgent need for a more concise form of expression and an economy of means. I never stopped progressing toward abstraction.

Experience was my only teacher; I knew little of the modern art movement. When I first saw the works of the Impressionists, van Gogh, van Dongen, and Fauves, I admired it. But I had to seek the true way alone.

I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art.