Kandinsky’s a pimp.

I just finished Steve Martin’s “Born Standing Up,” and am onto Scott McCloud’s “Understanding Comics.” It’s a piece of analytical genius, not just on comics themselves, but really all forms of art and design. I heavily recommend it and I’m only on the 3rd chapter. Anyway, in the 2nd chapter Scott mentions Kandinksy’s essay “On the problem of form” in the footnotes, so I hopped on the pipes and read it. Also, really awesome. And free. Here’s a snippet…

The joy of life is the irresistible, constant, victory of the new. The victory proceeds slowly. The new value conquers people quite gradually. And when it becomes undeniable in many eyes, this value which was absolutely necessary today, will be turned into a wall–a wall which is erected against tomorrow.

~ Kandinsky’s “On the problem of form.”