Each superfluous line, each wrongly placed line, any color placed without veneration or care, can spoil everything, that is, the spiritual.
Theo van DoesburgTo be oneself is being neither under bond nor borrowed nor sold nor hired. To be, means to be spiritually free.
Theo van DoesburgThere is an old and a new consciousness of the age. The old one is directed towards the individual. The new one is directed towards the universal. The struggle of the individual against the universal may be seen both in the world war and in modern art.
Theo van DoesburgIn place of the dream, the future will put art on a scientific and technical basis.
Theo van DoesburgThe complete and definitive work of art is created beyond one's individuality... ...The universal transcends such a level. Mere spontaneity has never created a work of art which possesses a lasting cultural value. The method leading to universal form is based upon calculations of measure and number.
Theo van Doesburg