In his own words he said: "Mondrian came to my place one day with Doesburg, whom I had never seen before. When Doesburg noticed an abstract painting right on the easel, he exclaimed: 'If that is to be the painting of the future, may I be hanged right now!'
He said: "Mondrian came to my place one day with Doesburg, whom I had never met before. When Doesburg noticed an abstract painting on the easel, he exclaimed: 'If that is to be the painting of the future, may I be hanged right now!'