“When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium.”

—  Hans Hofmann

'Painting and Culture' p. 58
Search for the Real and Other Essays (1948)

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