Approach Quote by Hans Hofmann

“As a teacher I approach my students purely with the human desire to free them from all scholarly inhibitions, and I tell them, "Painters must speak through paint not through words."” quote by Hans Hofmann — Download Open image

“As a teacher I approach my students purely with the human desire to free them from all scholarly inhibitions, and I tell them, "Painters must speak through paint not through words."”

Hans Hofmann

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Genius is gifted with a vitality which is expended in the enrichment of life through the discovery of new worlds of feeling.

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I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism.

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