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“It's the only dish I serve my craziness for color in.”

Quote by Josef Albers

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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

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“I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.”

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“Art is revelation instead of information, expression instead of description, creation instead of imitation or repetition. Art is concerned with the HOW, not the WHAT; not with literal content, but with the performance of the factual content. The performance - how it is done - that is the content of art.”

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“Thus art is not an object, it is an experience.”

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