Hans Hofmann Quotes:
Ocupation: Painter
Life: March 21, 1880 - February 17, 1966
Birthday: March 21
Death: February 17
The general misunderstanding of a work of art is often due to the fact that the key to its spiritual content and technical means is missed. Unless the observer is trained to a certain degree in the artistic idiom, he is apt to search for things which have little to do with the aesthetic content of a picture. He is likely to look for pure representational values when the emphasis is really upon music-like relationships.
topic: Spiritual, Art, Mean, Idiom
