"It is not the form that dictates the……" — Hans Hofmann
"It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form."
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39 Quotes by Hans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann has 39 quotes on this site.
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A thought functions only as a fragmentary part in the formulation of an idea.
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To experience visually, and to transform our visual experience into plastic terms, requires the faculty of empathy.
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The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.
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In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.
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A work of art is finished, from the point of view of the artist, when feeling and perception have resulted…
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To sense the invisible and to be able to create it, that is art.
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Art is the expression of the artist´s overflowing soul.
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The child is really an artist, and the artist should be like a child, but he should not stay a…
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I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism. Despite the general pessimistic attitude in the world today,…
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I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism.
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Our entire being is nourished by color.
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To me, art is the glorification of the human spirit.
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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and…
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why…
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Every day brings new choices.
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