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

Our entire being is nourished by color.

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.

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

Genius is gifted with a vitality which is expended in the enrichment of life through the discovery of new worlds of feeling.

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.

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.