Hans Hofmann Quotes & Sayings
22 most famous Hans Hofmann quotes and sayings (artist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”
“Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.”
“The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.”
“It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.”
“In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.”
“When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium.”
“What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure aesthetic considerations. Art never can be imitation.”
“A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.”
“Through a painting we can see the whole world.”
“Painters must speak through paint, not through words.”
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