Hans Hofmann Quote

It isn't necessary to make things large to make them monumental; a head by Giacometti one inch high would be able to vitalize this whole space.


As quoted in Can Painting be Taught by Dorothy Seckler, Art News No. 50 (March 1951), p. 64


It isn't necessary to make things large to make them monumental; a head by Giacometti one inch high would be able to vitalize this whole space.

It isn't necessary to make things large to make them monumental; a head by Giacometti one inch high would be able to vitalize this whole space.

It isn't necessary to make things large to make them monumental; a head by Giacometti one inch high would be able to vitalize this whole space.

It isn't necessary to make things large to make them monumental; a head by Giacometti one inch high would be able to vitalize this whole space.