Theo van Doesburg Quote

.. art and life are no longer separate domains.... The word 'art' no longer has anything to say to us. In place of that, we [De Stijl] insist upon the construction of our surroundings according to creative laws, deriving from a fixed principle.

c. 1918. As quoted in: Abstract Art, Anna Moszynska, Thames and Hudson 1990, p. 85