Josef Albers

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.

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 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.

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.