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01Undated

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

Hans Hofmann / quote

02Undated

The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.

Hans Hofmann / quote

03Undated

Through a painting we can see the whole world.

Hans Hofmann / quote

04Undated

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 / quote

05Undated

Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.

Hans Hofmann / quote