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Quote by Hans Hofmann
Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial ef

Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects. – Hans Hofmann

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Color is a plastic means of creating intervals… color harmonics produced by special relationships, or tensions. We differentiate now between formal tensions and color tensions, just as we differentiate in music between counterpoint and harmony. – Hans Hofmann

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