I have destroyed the ring of the horizon and escaped from the circle of things ... I have released all the birds from the eternal cage ... I have untied the knots of wisdom and set free the consciousness of colour! ... I have overcome the impossible . Kazimir Malevich,text to accompany ‘The Last Futurist Exhibition’, 1915: translation as included in C. Harrison & P. Wood, eds, Art in Theory: 1900–1990 , Oxford 1992, pp.166–176 .