Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world.

In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.

Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.

I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism.

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.

Art is the expression of the artist´s overflowing soul.

People say 'Hofmann has different styles'. I have not. I have different moods; I am not two days the same man.