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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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...

When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we...

When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we...

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....

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics...

I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics...

And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact,...

And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact,...

In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is - as...

In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is - as...

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...

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...

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 love very much to draw animals.

I love very much to draw animals.

I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends.

I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends.

I went to the Academy and studied with Stuck who was then a big man....

I went to the Academy and studied with Stuck who was then a big man....

Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.

Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.

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...

I prefer to see with closed eyes.

I prefer to see with closed eyes.

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...

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...

As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed,...

As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed,...

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...