“If the masc. [masculine] is the vertic. [vertical] line, the…”

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“If the masc. [masculine] is the vertic. [vertical] line, then a man will recognize this element in the rising line of a forest; in the horizont. [horizontal] lines of the sea he will see his complement. Woman, with the horizont. line as element, sees herself in the recumbent lines of the sea, and her complement in the vert. lines of the forest.”

— Piet Mondrian

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Title: Wikiquote: Piet Mondrian
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Mondrian, Piet. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Piet Mondrian. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian

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