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.
For me a stained glass window is a transparent partition between my heart and the heart of the world.
The radio makes hideous sounds.
It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.
For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.
Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat's entrails with horsehair.
I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.
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