Wassily Kandinsky, Composition No. 4, 1911, oil on canvas, 62 ⅞ In Their Own Words: Wassily Kandinsky 20 Apr ’12 “Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammer, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.” Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, 1912