Josef Albers ( 10 of 10 )
Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.
Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.
I have invented the Thermometer style.
I have invented the Thermometer style.
I count all the time on resonance. I call on this, you see.
I count all the time on resonance. I call on this, you see.
Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same read more
Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.
Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an read more
Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets.
I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.
I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.
Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.
Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.
As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color read more
As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color effects never are done or over. New and different cases will be discovered time and again.
And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I read more
And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything.
I do not consider self-expression as important. It's not important as a method of teaching. And it's not important as read more
I do not consider self-expression as important. It's not important as a method of teaching. And it's not important as an aim of any art branch.
