Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world.
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Painters must speak through paint, not through words.Hans Hofmann
Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.
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Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature.
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A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.
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