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.

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

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.

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.