“Masculine and feminime, vertical and horizontal.”

— Piet Mondrian

Quote, written note beneath a drawing in Mondrian's sketchbook, 1910/11; as cited in: Abstract Painting, Michel Seuphor, Dell Publishing Co.,1964, p. 11
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