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Josef Albers was a German-born American artist known for his contributions to color theory and visual art. His works, characterized by strict geometric forms and color studies, have had a profound impact on modern art.

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Famous Josef Albers Quotes

“I do not like to be a prophet. I like better to paint than to predict what the next painters will do. Though I have a feeling that consideration of order is very much in the air.”

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Author:Josef Albers

“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.”

Thinking Men Needs Humans Mean Order Plans Design Embrace Accidents Relate Disorder Organize Opposing Human Needs

Author:Josef Albers

“In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually.”

Use Light Order Color Deceiving

Book:Interaction of Color

Source: Interaction of Color

About the Author

Born: March 19, 1888
Died: March 25, 1976
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 63

Books & Sources

Interaction of ColorRelated source material

Josef Albers: a national touring exhibition from the South Bank Centre 1994Related source material

The prints of Josef Albers: a catalogue raisonné, 1915-1976Related source material

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