Josef Albers

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

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.

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.

I have invented the Thermometer style.

I have invented the Thermometer style.

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.