Wassily Kandinsky Soul Quotations

The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.

Color is a means to exert a direct influence on the soul.

Art is not vague production, transitory and isolated, but a power which must be directed to the improvement and refinement of the human soul.

Doubts must be resolved alone within the soul. Otherwise one would profane one's own powerful solution.

The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul, so that it can weigh colours in its own scale and thus become a determinant in artistic creation.

Generally speaking, color directly influences the soul.

Whether the psychological effect of color is direct...or whether it is the outcome of association, is open to question. The soul being one with the body, it may well be possible that a psychological tremor generates corresponding one through association.

Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.

Everything shows me its face, its innermost being, its secret soul, which is more often silent than heard.

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...

Only just now awakening after years of materialism, our soul is still infected with the despair born of unbelief, of lack of purpose and aim.