The plastic artist may or may not be concerned with presenting a superficial appearance of reality, but he is always concerned with the presentation - if not the representation - of the plastic values of reality.
Our entire being is nourished by color. - Hans Hofmann
Our entire being is nourished by color.
- Hans Hofmann
In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light. - Hans Hofmann
In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.
The width of a line may present the idea of infinity. An epigram may contain a world. In the same way, a small picture format may be much more living… - Hans Hofmann
The width of a line may present the idea of infinity. An epigram may contain a world. In the same way, a small picture format may be much more living…
Space expands or contracts in the tensions and functions through which it exists. Space is not a static, inert thing. Space is alive; space is dynami… - Hans Hofmann
Space expands or contracts in the tensions and functions through which it exists. Space is not a static, inert thing. Space is alive; space is dynami…
To experience visually, and to transform our visual experience into plastic terms, requires the faculty of empathy. - Hans Hofmann
To experience visually, and to transform our visual experience into plastic terms, requires the faculty of empathy.
Painters must speak through paint, not through words. - Hans Hofmann
Painters must speak through paint, not through words.
It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form. - Hans Hofmann
It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.
To me, art is the glorification of the human spirit. - Hans Hofmann
To me, art is the glorification of the human spirit.
A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world. - Hans Hofmann
A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.
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