Josef Albers

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.

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same read more

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.

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.

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.