Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Hans Hofmann Quotes: The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
         

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.


Hans Hofmann
Check all other quotes by Hans Hofmann

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Hans Hofmann Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-ability-to-simplify-means-to-eliminate-276410>.




Check out


Other quotes of Hans Hofmann


In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.

In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.



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.

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.



Our entire being is nourished by color.

Our entire being is nourished by color.



It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.

It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.



A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.

A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.



Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.

Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.



Painters must speak through paint, not through words.

Painters must speak through paint, not through words.



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

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



Art is something absolute, something positive, which gives power just as food gives power. While creative science is a mental food, art is the satisfaction of the soul.

Art is something absolute, something positive, which gives power just as food gives power. While creative science is a mental food, art is the satisfaction of the soul.



My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature.

My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature.





Other quotes you may like


They were happy to help someone, to succeed at something, even if they weren't to benefit.

They were happy to help someone, to succeed at something, even if they weren't to benefit.




Some people say Earth is the bottom level of Purgatory.' She pointed toward the floor and frowned.'I call it the top floor of Hell.

Some people say Earth is the bottom level of Purgatory.' She pointed toward the floor and frowned.'I call it the top floor of Hell.




Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.



All people are the same; only their habits differ.

All people are the same; only their habits differ.



I think another way that you can really harm yourself as an artist is by buying into the mythology that it's really important.

I think another way that you can really harm yourself as an artist is by buying into the mythology that it's really important.



The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence.

The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence.



Everyone should be able to make art about ideas without getting cornered into self-art.

Everyone should be able to make art about ideas without getting cornered into self-art.



Let's play with sound, forget all knowledge and instrumental skills, and just use instinct – the same way punk did.

Let's play with sound, forget all knowledge and instrumental skills, and just use instinct – the same way punk did.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.". Author of this quote is Hans Hofmann. .