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Art Is Magic... But How Is It Magic? In Its Metaphysical Development? Or Does Some Final Transformation Culminate In A Magic Reality? In Truth, The Latter Is Impossible Without The Former. If Creation Is Not Magic, The Outcome Cannot Be Magic.

-Hans Hofmann

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Art Is Magic... But How Is It

Hans Hofmann

Art Is Magic... But How Is It Magic? In Its Metaphysical Development? Or Does Some Final Transformation Culminate In A Magic Reality? In Truth, The Latter Is Impossible Without The Former. If Creation Is Not Magic, The Outcome Cannot Be Magic.

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