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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.
Josef Albers
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Josef Albers
Age: 88 †
Born: 1888
Born: March 19
Died: 1976
Died: March 25
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Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.
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A painter paints because he has no time not to paint.
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In my basic courses I have always tried to develop discovery and invention which, in my opinion, are the criteria of creativeness.
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If one says “Red” (the name of a color) and there are 50 people listening, it can be expected that there will be 50 reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different.
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I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends.
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I paint the way I spread butter on pumpernickel.
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When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick to our teaching job for five years.
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Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward.
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Therefore art means: you have to believe, to have faith, that is, cultivate vision.
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