Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward.

Quote by Josef Albers

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The aim of our studies is to prove that color is the most relative means...

The aim of our studies is to prove that color is the most relative means...

Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word,...

Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word,...

I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.

I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.

I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art...

I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art...

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 think Kandinsky and I were very near friends.

I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends.

Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart...

Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart...

When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and...

When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and...

I have invented the Thermometer style.

I have invented the Thermometer style.

It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you...

It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you...

On the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very...

On the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very...

I'm not a talker. I'm a formulator.

I'm not a talker. I'm a formulator.

If you don't do it my way, I suggest you commit suicide.

If you don't do it my way, I suggest you commit suicide.

Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the...

Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the...

In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the...

In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the...

I love very much to draw animals.

I love very much to draw animals.

When I came from horizontal vertical straight all old stuff then suddenly I go also...

When I came from horizontal vertical straight all old stuff then suddenly I go also...

My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several...

My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several...

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art....

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art....

You see, I have in my teaching - I always say I've done it for...

You see, I have in my teaching - I always say I've done it for...