I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one. Josef Albers aestheticbehavecolour Change image and share on social
I went to the Academy and studied with Stuck who was then a big man. But didn't interest me. I didn't know that before me there was Kandinsky and Klee who had also studied with Stuck. He had a good name at that time. Josef Albers academybiggood share on social
Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my doing was to make people to see. Josef Albers artbigmake Change image and share on social
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. Josef Albers apprenticebeginnercraft share on social
Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting. Josef Albers contrastcuriousheart Change image and share on social
Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward. Josef Albers artbackwardcreate Change image and share on social
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. Josef Albers childhooddecorativefact share on social
It is not so for art in appreciation because art is concerned with human behavior. And science is concerned with the behavior of metal or energy. It depends on what the fashion is. Now today it's energy. It's the same soul behind it. The same soul, you see. Josef Albers appreciationartbehavior share on social
I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends. Josef Albers friendkandinsky Change image and share on social