Kazimir Malevich

Visual Arts Russian 1879 – 1935 73 quotes

A Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, he was the founder of the Suprematist movement, known for his iconic 'Black Square'.

Quotes by Kazimir Malevich

The zero of form is the beginning of everything.

Personal Reflection 1913

Suprematism is directed to the supremacy of pure emotion.

From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism 1915

Painting ceased to be a bridge between the soul and the object.

The Non-Objective World 1927

I am against every representation of life.

From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism 1915

The black square on a white ground is a living, royal infant.

Black Square Description 1915

Art is the creation of new worlds.

Speech at Exhibition 1919

Futurism was a public demonstration of the birth of a new art.

Letter 1912

The cross is the sign of the new culture.

Suprematist Works 1916

In my art, I am the creator of a new dimension.

Interview 1920

The objective world has no place in pure art.

From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism 1915

Suprematism is the end of art's dependence on the object.

Manifesto 1916

I seek the zero form, from which everything begins.

Personal Notes 1913

The artist must be a pure sensation.

The Non-Objective World 1927

White is the ultimate reality.

White on White 1918

Art is not imitation, but creation of feeling.

Essay 1915

The square contains all possibilities.

Black Square 1915

I have destroyed the ring of the horizon and escaped from the circle of things.

From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism 1915

Non-objectivity is the true path to the infinite.

The Non-Objective World 1927

The new art is the art of pure form.

Suprematist Manifesto 1916

In Suprematism, I have achieved the zero of form.

Manifesto 1915