A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.
Interpretation
Art is a personal expression that encapsulates the artist's inner feelings and experiences.
This quote by Hans Hofmann emphasizes that every artwork is not just a visual creation but a deep reflection of the artist's emotions and sensory experiences. It suggests that art serves as a unique lens through which we can understand the intricacies of the artist's inner world, allowing viewers to connect with and interpret these personal sentiments.
In practice
This quote is perfect for an art exhibition to inspire viewers to consider the emotions behind the artwork.
Color is a plastic means of creating intervals... color harmonics produced by special relationships, or tensions. We differentiate now between formal tensions and color tensions, just as we differentiate in music between counterpoint and harmony.
In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
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.
The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.
Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.
Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry.
We consider the beauty of nature and art with pleasure and satisfaction, without the slightest movement of desire. Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it
The body cannot lie. You cannot be somebody else onstage, no matter how good of an actor or dancer or singer you are. When you open your arms, move your finger, the audience knows who you are, you know.
Styles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style.
The drama's laws the drama's patrons give._x000D_ _x000D_ For we that live to please must please to live.
The only music I don't like is bad music.
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