Josef Albers
Josef Albers
Josef Albers was a German-born American artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of the twentieth century...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth19 March 1888
CountryGermany
one-line lines plus
One line plus one line results in many meanings.
art philosophy people
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.
men squares salt
As we do not see squares in nature, I thought that it is man-made. But I have corrected myself. Because squares exist in salt crystals, our daily salt.
effort different honest
When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others.
art jobs attitude
The aim of art is a constant, and a continuous job to reveal visually the attitude of our mentality. And the less we disturb the influence of our mentality the more I believe we come close to the truth.
color hue influence
Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.
art attitude purpose
The role of art for me is the visualization of attitude, of the human attitude towards life, towards the world.
art purpose purpose-of-art
The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it.
order color light
In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually.
eye perception closed-eyes
I prefer to see with closed eyes.
men may ethics
I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one.
art problem humans
Art problems are problems of human relationship.
rubies pebbles depth
Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous.
exercise color done
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.