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

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

We are connected with our own age if we recognize ourselves in relation to outside events; and we have grasped its spirit when we influence the future.

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

To sense the invisible and to be able to create it, that is art.

You must break all the rules of painting, but you must also convince me you've had a reason to do so.

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