Hans Hofmann (March 21, 1880 – February 17, 1966) was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter.
Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its 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. Use this quote
Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light. Use this quote
