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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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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My favorite way to do business is the Landmark Education Forum.
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That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's playing a drum beat, and a singer starts singing, what do you think the audience is going to do?
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In the seventeenth century, it was held by some that inside a human sperm there was a minute human being - a homunculus - that was planted inside the womb. Development consisted of the miniature homunculus enlarging and passing through birth and on to maturity-just like inflating a balloon.
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I'm not a writer. I marvel at writing. I am sometimes absolutely astounded when I read something and I think how in the world did that man or that woman sit down at a typewriter, a computer or a pen and an ink well, and seemingly have nothing come between their heart and that pen.
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I love dress shopping, and I love talking about the wedding food. That's what makes me happy. If you tell me to do a guest list, I cry. I hate it.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
