Josef Albers

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.

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.

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

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.