I have invented the Thermometer style. Josef Albers More Quotes by Josef Albers More Quotes From Josef Albers Repeated similar experiments with adjacent colors will show that any ground subtracts its own hue from colors which it carries and therefore influences. Josef Albers hueinfluencecolor In my basic courses I have always tried to develop discovery and invention which, in my opinion, are the criteria of creativeness. Josef Albers creativityopiniondiscovery Just as the unmusical ear is not competent to judge music, so it is likewise with pictures, whether they are paintings, drawings or photos. Only a sensitive and trained eye gives us the right to judge. Josef Albers drawingeyegiving Independent of harmony rules, any color 'goes' or 'works' with any other color, presupposing that their quantities are appropriate. Josef Albers harmonyindependentcolor 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. Josef Albers attitudejobsart 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 fashionappreciationart 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 glasseshousefather Thus art is not an object, it is an experience. Josef Albers art-isobjectsart Therefore art means: you have to believe, to have faith, that is, cultivate vision. Josef Albers meanbelieveart 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. Josef Albers efforthonestdifferent I want color and form to have contradictorily functions. Josef Albers functioncolorwant It's the only dish I serve my craziness for color in. Josef Albers crazinessdishescolor Art problems are problems of human relationship. Josef Albers problemhumansart Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting. Josef Albers curiouspaintingheart 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 beginnerssecretyears In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the scientist is likewise a god. Josef Albers individualismscientistartist Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward. Josef Albers historiantraditionart It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible. Josef Albers my-familysafeteacher Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely. Josef Albers creativesecretart Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon – it is the very heart of painting. Repeated experiments with adjacent colors will show that any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences. Josef Albers huecolorheart
