Hans Hofmann Quotes
The knowledge of reality, achieved by means of the complete sensory equipment, must be expressed artistically in terms of a medium which appeals to the memory of all sensory experience - but only through the eye.
Quotes to Explore
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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The truth is, I don't sketch much at all. I have a very visual/spatial brain that retains a lot of information about maps, directions, positioning, and details, so I usually prefer working out those issues on the page itself.
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh.
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Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
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The reason I don't tweet as much as I used to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that I get daily. Goodbye Twitter.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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Women who have abortions are people you know. Because that is the truth! One in three American women will have an abortion by menopause.
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I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal.
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I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.
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We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.
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We can none of us step into the same river twice, but the river flows on and the other river we step into is cool and refreshing, too
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Come not between the dragon and his wrath.
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Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.
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I had the lunchbox that cleared the cafeteria. I was very unpopular in the early grades. Because I hung out with my grandfather, I started to bring my lunchbox with sardine sandwiches and calamari that I would eat off my fingers like rings. I was also always reeking of garlic.
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I've got foundation jokes, the ones that got me where I am, so everything I do just builds on top of that.
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The knowledge of reality, achieved by means of the complete sensory equipment, must be expressed artistically in terms of a medium which appeals to the memory of all sensory experience - but only through the eye.
