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Hans Hofmann Quotes

The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color. Our entire being is nourished by it. This mystic quality of color should likewise find expression in a work of art Picture Quote #1

An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea Picture Quote #1

A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist’s world Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Art is magic. But how is it magic? In it's metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic Picture Quote #1

Just as counterpoint and harmony follow their own laws, and differ in rhythm and movement, both formal tensions and color tensions have a development of their own in accordance with the inherent laws from which they are separately derived. Both, however, aim toward the realization of the same image. And both deal with the depth problem Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

You must break all the rules of painting, but you must also convince me you’ve had a reason to do so Picture Quote #1

It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form Picture Quote #1

It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws Picture Quote #1

My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature Picture Quote #1

A work of art is finished, from the point of view of the artist, when feeling and perception have resulted in a spiritual synthesis Picture Quote #1

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The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color Picture Quote #1

To experience visually, and to transform our visual experience into plastic terms, requires the faculty of empathy Picture Quote #1

A thing in itself never expresses anything. It is the relation between things that gives meaning to them and that formulates a thought. A thought functions only as a fragmentary part in the formulation of an idea Picture Quote #1

Art and science create a balance to material life and enlarge the world of living experience. Art leads to a more profound concept of life, because art itself is a profound expression of feeling Picture Quote #1

I can’t understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism. Despite the general pessimistic attitude in the world today, I am nothing but an optimist Picture Quote #1

When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium Picture Quote #1

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The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color. Our entire being is nourished by it. This mystic quality of color should likewise find expression in a work of art (Hans Hofmann Quotes) An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea (Hans Hofmann Quotes) A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist’s world (Hans Hofmann Quotes) 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 (Hans Hofmann Quotes) Art is magic. But how is it magic? In it's metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic (Hans Hofmann Quotes) Just as counterpoint and harmony follow their own laws, and differ in rhythm and movement, both formal tensions and color tensions have a development of their own in accordance with the inherent laws from which they are separately derived. Both, however, aim toward the realization of the same image. And both deal with the depth problem (Hans Hofmann Quotes) 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 (Hans Hofmann Quotes) You must break all the rules of painting, but you must also convince me you’ve had a reason to do so (Hans Hofmann Quotes) It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form (Hans Hofmann Quotes) It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws (Hans Hofmann Quotes) My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature (Hans Hofmann Quotes) A work of art is finished, from the point of view of the artist, when feeling and perception have resulted in a spiritual synthesis (Hans Hofmann Quotes) The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color (Hans Hofmann Quotes) To experience visually, and to transform our visual experience into plastic terms, requires the faculty of empathy (Hans Hofmann Quotes) A thing in itself never expresses anything. It is the relation between things that gives meaning to them and that formulates a thought. A thought functions only as a fragmentary part in the formulation of an idea (Hans Hofmann Quotes) Art and science create a balance to material life and enlarge the world of living experience. Art leads to a more profound concept of life, because art itself is a profound expression of feeling (Hans Hofmann Quotes) I can’t understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism. Despite the general pessimistic attitude in the world today, I am nothing but an optimist (Hans Hofmann Quotes) When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium (Hans Hofmann Quotes)

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