The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.
Interpretation
Color shapes our perception of the world around us.
In this quote, Hans Hofmann emphasizes the profound impact that color has on our experiences and perceptions. He suggests that our visual experiences are not just passive observations but are deeply influenced by the vibrancy and qualities of color, highlighting its mystical and essential role in understanding the world.
In practice
In an art class while discussing the importance of color theory.
Color is a plastic means of creating intervals... color harmonics produced by special relationships, or tensions. We differentiate now between formal tensions and color tensions, just as we differentiate in music between counterpoint and harmony.
In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
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.
Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.
A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
I write what I don't know. It's way more interesting.
What reinforces the content of a photograph is the sense of rhythm - the relationship between shapes and values.
Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying to imagine a story no matter how bizarre it is, [or] going out and getting into the weirdness of reality and doing a little time on the Proud Highway.
100 years of Indian cinema has happened. Anything you do, feels like it has already been done. The struggle is to find a new and unique idea.
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