Josef Albers

"Seeing several of these paintings next to each other makes it obvious that each painting is an instrumentation on its own."

"In 1923, when I had been a student at the 'Bauhaus' in Weimar.. ..Gropius asked me to teach the basic course 'Werklehhre'. He wanted me to introduce newcomers to the principles of handicrafts. He knew…"

"For me, abstraction is real, probably more real than nature. I'll go further and say that abstraction is nearer my heart. I prefer to see with closed eyes."

"There science is dealing with physical facts, in art we are dealing with psychic effects. With this I come to my first statement: 'The source of art – that is, where it comes from – is the discrepancy…"

"I have received a question I have expected, 'Don't you deal with accidents?' Yes, I deal with accidents, just as Arp admits it all the time. And I admit it, too. But I like to have them under my comma…"

"Art is not to be looked at. Art is looking at us. What is art to others is not necessarily art to me. Nor for the same reason and vice versa. What was art to me or was not some time ago might have los…"

"circa 60 pictures of Albers' art, on Wikiart"

"A painter works to formulate with or in colors.. .My paintings follow the second option."