One must always paint in opposition to nature, and to one’s own 'mood'. To let oneself go is a weakness, a sort of hysterics. If you are full of red, choose a green or a blue; if you feel like yellow, choose grey or black. In this continuous opposition lies the entire secret of plastic creation… …To create a great work of art demands self-mortification.
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'Elementarism', in De Stijl – Van Doesburg Issue, January 1932, pp. 17-19Theo van Doesburg
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