Hans Hofmann Quotes
It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
Quotes to Explore
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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I am actually talking about possibly adapting 'The Boys,' by Garth Ennis, which would not be a comedy, but an action movie with comedy elements to it.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
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I am confident. My style of play is to control a game. You have to be smart in your brain and fast.
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I am ready to debate how we fight terrorism without giving up our liberty.
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Access to legitimate information and thoughtful analysis is the lifeblood of a democracy, the basis of which people make decisions about who they vote for and what they believe in. And if you're only getting half the story, that certainly doesn't lead to an informed citizenry.
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The representation of women in hip-hop has long been so flagrantly unkind.
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Biology has finally opened up to achieve a unifying embrace of all its disciplines. We're seeing the renaissance of what could be called scientific natural history, which makes available the groundwork - the foundation work - of what is actually on the Earth.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
