“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.” MenMadeSquaresSaltCrystalsCubism Author:Josef Albers
“I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one.” MenShouldMayEthicsBehaveColourAestheticAesthetics Book:Josef Albers: a national touring exhibition from the South Bank Centre 1994 Source: Josef Albers: a national touring exhibition from the South Bank Centre 1994
“To design is to plan and to organize, to order, to relate and to control. In short it embraces all means of opposing disorder and accident. Therefore it signifies a human need and qualifies man’s thinking and doing.” ThinkingMenNeedsHumansMeanOrderPlansDesignEmbraceAccidentsRelateDisorderOrganizeOpposingHuman Needs Author:Josef Albers
“I think art parallels life; it is not a report on nature or on intimate disclosure of inner secrets. Color, in my opinion, behaves like man -- in two distinct ways: first in self-realization and then in the realization of relationships with others.” ThinkingMenWayFirstsArtTwoSelfSecretOpinionColorSelf RealizationRealizationBehaveIntimateReportsParallelsDisclosureRelationships With Others Author:Josef Albers
