Quotes by Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

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.

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A thought functions only as a fragmentary part in the formulation of an idea.

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A work based only on a line concept is scarcely more than a illustration; it fails to achieve pictorial structure. Pictorial structure is based on a plane concept. The line originates in the meeting of two planes … we can lose ourselves in a multitude of lines, if through them we lose our senses for the planes.

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A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist’s world.

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A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist’s world. Just as a flower, by virtue of its existence as a complete organism is both ornamental and self-sufficient as to color, form, and texture, so art, because of its singular existence is more than mere ornament.

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Self

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

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Spiritual

Views

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

Expression

Ideas

Order

And so artistic creation is the metamorphosis of the external physical aspects of a thing into a self-sustaining spiritual reality .

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Self

Spiritual

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.

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Expression

Profound

Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.

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Quotes by Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

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.

A thought functions only as a fragmentary part in the formulation of an idea.

A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist’s world.

A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist’s world. Just as a flower, by virtue of its existence as a complete organism is both ornamental and self-sufficient as to color, form, and texture, so art, because of its singular existence is more than mere ornament.

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

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

And so artistic creation is the metamorphosis of the external physical aspects of a thing into a self-sustaining spiritual reality .

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.

Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.

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