Quotes by Hans Hoffman

"It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.."
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.."
"Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.."
"When I paint, I paint under the dictate of feeling or sensing, and the outcome all the time is supposed to say something.."
"Painters must speak through paint, not through words.."
"The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.."
"Through a painting we can see the whole world.."
"A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world."
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