The new plastic idea cannot, therefore, take the form of concrete representation, although the latter does always indicate the universal to a degree, or at least conceal it within. This new plastic idea will ignore the particulars of appearance, that is to say, natural form and colour. On the contrary it should find its expression in the abstraction of form and colour, that is to say, in the straight line and the clearly defined primary colour.


p. 236 - De Stijl, No. 1, Oktober 1917

Piet Mondrian Quotes

The new plastic idea cannot, therefore, take the form of concrete representation, although the latter does always indicate the universal to a degree, ...

The new plastic idea cannot, therefore, take the form of concrete representation, although the latter does always indicate the universal to a degree, ...

The new plastic idea cannot, therefore, take the form of concrete representation, although the latter does always indicate the universal to a degree, ...

The new plastic idea cannot, therefore, take the form of concrete representation, although the latter does always indicate the universal to a degree, ...