Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.
Hans HofmannArt 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.
Hans HofmannIt makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws
Hans HofmannCreation 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.
Hans Hofmann