Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting.
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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
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
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
Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.
Josef Albers
I prefer to see with closed eyes.
Josef Albers
I have invented the Thermometer style.
Josef Albers
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