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> [Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my doing was to make people to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/instead-of-art-i-have-taught-philosophy-though-technique-for-me-is-a/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

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## More by Josef Albers

> [We never really perceive what color is physically!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/we-never-really-perceive-what-color-is-physically/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [I paint the way I spread butter on pumpernickel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/i-paint-the-way-i-spread-butter-on-pumpernickel/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/i-have-taught-my-students-not-to-apply-rules-or-mechanical-ways-of/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [If one says 'Red' – the name of color – and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/if-one-says-red-the-name-of-color-and-there-are-fifty-people/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [I do not like to be a prophet. I like better to paint than to predict what the next painters will do. Though I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/i-do-not-like-to-be-a-prophet-i-like-better-to-paint-than-to-predict/)

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> [Therefore art means: you have to believe, to have faith, that is, cultivate vision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/therefore-art-means-you-have-to-believe-to-have-faith-that-is/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/the-purpose-of-art-is-to-re-present-nature-not-represent-it/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/it-was-my-family-that-wanted-me-to-be-a-teacher-that-was-safe-you-see/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [We never really perceive what color really is, as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/we-never-really-perceive-what-color-really-is-as-it-physically-is/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/instead-of-art-i-have-taught-philosophy-though-technique-for-me-is-a/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/in-order-to-use-color-effectively-it-is-necessary-to-recognize-that/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/traditionally-art-is-to-create-and-not-to-revive-to-revive-leave-that/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [I want color and form to have contradictorily functions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/i-want-color-and-form-to-have-contradictorily-functions/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [Art is concerned with the HOW and not the WHAT.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/art-is-concerned-with-the-how-and-not-the-what/)

[Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/)

> [In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is - as it physically is. This fact makes color the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/in-visual-perception-a-color-is-almost-never-seen-as-it-really-is-as/)

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