The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel.

" With Van Doesburg Mondrian founded De Stijl (The Style) a journal of the De Stijl Group in which he publiPiet Mondriand his first essays defining his theory for which he adopted the term Neoplasticism. He painted the high walls the same off-white he used on his easel and on the seats tables and storage cases he designed and fashioned meticulously from discarded orange and apple-crates. Van der Leck's use of only primary colors in his art greatly influenced Mondrian.

Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Mondriaan after 1906 Mondrian (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpiːt ˈmɔndriaːn] later [ˈmɔndriɔn]; March 7 1872 – February 1 1944) was a Dutch painter. He evolved a non-representational form which he termed Neo-Plasticism.