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" Painters must speak through paint, not through words. "
Hans Hofmann
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" It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws. "
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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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