Josef Albers

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.

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.

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.

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.