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Quote by Josef Albers

“Art is concerned with the HOW and not the WHAT.”

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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. more

“Therefore, the two processes, that of science and that of art, are not very different. Both science and art form in the course of the centuries a human language by which we can speak about the more remote parts of reality, and the coherent sets of concepts as well as the different styles of art are different words or groups of words in this language.”

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Author:Werner Heisenberg

“Art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgement.”

Humans Art Judgement Touchstones

Author:John F. Kennedy

“I don't think you have to earn your income as an artist to be an artist. But if you are an artist, then art is what you do, whether or not you're paid for doing it; it is what you do, not what you are. I regard artist not as a description of temperament but as a category of profession, of vocation.”

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Author:Tony Kushner

“The function of art is to acquaint the beholder with something he has not known before.”

Art Known Art Is Function Beholder

Author:Susanne Katherina Langer

“All art is propaganda. ... The only difference is the kind of propaganda. Since art is essential for human life, it can't just belong to the few. Art is the universal language, and it belongs to all mankind. All painters have been propagandists or else they have not been painters. ... Every artist who has been worth anything in art has been such a propagandist. ... Every strong artist has been a propagandist. I want to be a propagandist and I want to be nothing else. ... I want to use my art as a weapon.”

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Author:Diego Rivera

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