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.
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In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.Hans Hofmann
Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.
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Art 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.
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The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.
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When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium.
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