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“We never really perceive what color really is, as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.”

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Josef Albers

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. more

“But what I attach great importance to is observation of the movement of colors. It is only in this way that I have found the laws of complementary contrast and the simultaneity of those colors that nourish the rhythm of my vision. There I find the representative essence — which does not arise from a system or an a priori theory.”

Doe Movement Color Theory Essence Arise Transcendentalism

Author:Robert Delaunay

“Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about. There is almost nothing you can say that holds up as a generalization, because it depends on too many factors: size, modulation, the rest of the field, a certain consistency that color has with forms, and the statement you're trying to make.”

Trying Hard Form Certain Fields Color Painting Depends Size Statements Factors Colour Crucial Consistency Generalization

Author:Roy Lichtenstein

“The more basic the color, the more inward, the more pure.”

Color Pure Inward

Book:The new art--the new life: the collected writings of Piet Mondrian

Source: The new art--the new life: the collected writings of Piet Mondrian

“Colored planes, by their position and size as well as by their value, express only relationships, not forms.”

Wells Form Values Position Color Size Planes

Author:Piet Mondrian

“When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.”

Form Achieve Color Fullness Richness

Author:Paul Cezanne

“There is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should conform.”

Should Art Brain Color Logic Painter Conform

Author:Paul Cezanne

“There is no model, there is only color.”

Color Models

Author:Paul Cezanne

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