“Through a painting, we can see the whole world.”

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. ”

“People say 'Hofmann has different styles'. I have not. I have different moods; I am not two days the same man.”

“I was completely astonished by the beauty of nature. Our eyes see just a small fraction of the light in the world. It is a trick to make a colored world, which does not exist outside of human beings.”

“By observing natural scientific discoveries through a perception deepened by meditation, we can develop a new awareness of reality. This awareness could become the bedrock of a spirituality that is not based on the dogmas of a given religion, but on insights into a higher and deeper meaning. I am referring to the ability to recognize, to read, and to understand the firsthand revelations.”

“The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.”

“It's very, very dangerous to lose contact with living nature.”