Josef Albers

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.

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.

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.

I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.

I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.