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Josef Albers Quotes

I have invented the Thermometer style Picture Quote #1

I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends Picture Quote #1

Art problems are problems of human relationship Picture Quote #1

Color deceives continuously Picture Quote #1

I paint the way I spread butter on pumpernickel Picture Quote #1

I start from experience and read. . .always between polarities - loud and not-loud, young and old, spring and winter. If I can make black and white behave together instead of shooting at each other only, I feel proud Picture Quote #1

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I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art teachers. You see, it was not so much for the development of artists. But we had there terribly stiff training Picture Quote #1

In Italy the artist is a God. Now if the artist is a God, the scientist is likewise a God Picture Quote #1

In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is - as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art Picture Quote #1

On the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very cheaply. And already in 1920 I saved the first salaries I received to go to Munich Picture Quote #1

Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting Picture Quote #1

When we are honest - that’s my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others Picture Quote #1

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It is not so for art in appreciation because art is concerned with human behavior. And science is concerned with the behavior of metal or energy. It depends on what the fashion is. Now today it’s energy. It’s the same soul behind it. The same soul, you see Picture Quote #1

My father’s parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know Picture Quote #1

Whether something ‘has color’ or not is as hard to define verbally as are such questions as, ‘What is music?’ or ‘What is musical? Picture Quote #1

Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences Picture Quote #1

Therefore art means: you have to believe, to have faith, that is, cultivate vision Picture Quote #1

A thing is never seen as it really is Picture Quote #1

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We never really perceive what color is physically! Picture Quote #1

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature Picture Quote #1

In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually Picture Quote #1

Thus art is not an object, it is an experience Picture Quote #1

It’s the only dish I serve my craziness for color in Picture Quote #1

One line plus one line results in many meanings Picture Quote #1

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A painter paints because he has no time not to paint Picture Quote #1

I count all the time on resonance. I call on this, you see Picture Quote #1

Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers Picture Quote #1

I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing Picture Quote #1

I love very much to draw animals Picture Quote #1

I prefer to see with closed eyes Picture Quote #1

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I have invented the Thermometer style (Josef Albers Quotes) I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends (Josef Albers Quotes) Art problems are problems of human relationship (Josef Albers Quotes) Color deceives continuously (Josef Albers Quotes) I paint the way I spread butter on pumpernickel (Josef Albers Quotes) I start from experience and read. . .always between polarities - loud and not-loud, young and old, spring and winter. If I can make black and white behave together instead of shooting at each other only, I feel proud. (Josef Albers Quotes) I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art teachers. You see, it was not so much for the development of artists. But we had there terribly stiff training (Josef Albers Quotes) In Italy the artist is a God. Now if the artist is a God, the scientist is likewise a God (Josef Albers Quotes) In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is - as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art (Josef Albers Quotes) On the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very cheaply. And already in 1920 I saved the first salaries I received to go to Munich (Josef Albers Quotes) Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting (Josef Albers Quotes) When we are honest - that’s my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others (Josef Albers Quotes) It is not so for art in appreciation because art is concerned with human behavior. And science is concerned with the behavior of metal or energy. It depends on what the fashion is. Now today it’s energy. It’s the same soul behind it. The same soul, you see. (Josef Albers Quotes) My father’s parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know. (Josef Albers Quotes) Whether something ‘has color’ or not is as hard to define verbally as are such questions as, ‘What is music?’ or ‘What is musical? (Josef Albers Quotes) Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences (Josef Albers Quotes) Therefore art means: you have to believe, to have faith, that is, cultivate vision (Josef Albers Quotes) A thing is never seen as it really is (Josef Albers Quotes) We never really perceive what color is physically! (Josef Albers Quotes) Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature (Josef Albers Quotes) In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually (Josef Albers Quotes) Thus art is not an object, it is an experience (Josef Albers Quotes) It’s the only dish I serve my craziness for color in (Josef Albers Quotes) One line plus one line results in many meanings (Josef Albers Quotes) A painter paints because he has no time not to paint (Josef Albers Quotes) I count all the time on resonance. I call on this, you see (Josef Albers Quotes) Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers (Josef Albers Quotes) I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing (Josef Albers Quotes) I love very much to draw animals (Josef Albers Quotes) I prefer to see with closed eyes (Josef Albers Quotes)

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