Even I was gripped by a kind of timidity bordering on fear when it cam — Suprematism

"The suprematist square and the forms proceeding out of it can be likened to the primitive marks (symbols) of aboriginal man which represented, in their combinations, not ornament but a feeling of rhythm."

"The sensations of sitting, standing, or running are, first and foremost, plastic sensations and they are responsible for the development of corresponding objects of use and largely determine their form. A chair, bed, and table are not matters of utility but rather, the forms taken by plastic sensations.."

"The Suprematists have nevertheless abandoned the representation of the human face (and of natural objects in general) and have found new symbols with which to render direct feelings (rather than externalized reflections of feelings), for the Suprematist does not observe and does not touch - he feels."

"Academic naturalism, the naturalism of the Impressionists, Cezanneism, Cubism, etc. - all these, in a way, are nothing more than dialectic methods which, as such, in no sense determine the true value of an art work."

"Every object which we see in the museums clearly supports the fact that not one single, solitary thing is really useful, that is, convenient, for otherwise it would not be in a museum! And if it once seemed useful I this is only because nothing more useful was then known ...."

"Under Suprematism I understand the supremacy of pure feeling in creative art. To the Suprematist the visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, meaningless; the significant thing is feeling, as such, quite apart from the environment in which it is called forth."