Best Josef Albers Quotes
- Independent of harmony rules, any color 'goes' or 'works' with any other color, presupposing that their quantities are appropriate. Any
- Color is like cooking. The cook puts in more or less salt, that's the difference! Color
- Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon – it is the very heart of painting. Repeated experiments with adjacent colors will show that… Adjacent
- Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous. Depth
- I think art parallels life; it is not a report on nature or on intimate disclosure of inner secrets. Color, in my opinion, behaves like… Art
- I paint the way I spread butter on pumpernickel. Butter
- When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick to… Direct
- Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting. Contrast
- 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… All
- In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually. Color
- If you don't do it my way, I suggest you commit suicide. Commit
- I count all the time on resonance. I call on this, you see. All
- Learn to see and to feel life; that is, cultivate imagination, because there are still marvels in the world, because life is a mystery and… Aware
- We never really perceive what color is physically! Color
- If one says 'Red' – the name of color – and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty… All
- I'm not a talker. I'm a formulator. Formulator
- I love very much to draw animals. Animal
- 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… Art
- It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible. Family
- 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… Active
- Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward. Art
- When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make… Effort
- I do not like to be a prophet. I like better to paint than to predict what the next painters will do. Though I have… Air
- In my basic courses I have always tried to develop discovery and invention which, in my opinion, are the criteria of creativeness. Always Tried
- As we do not see squares in nature, I thought that it is man-made. But I have corrected myself. Because squares exist in salt crystals,… Corrected