It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible.
Josef AlbersSimultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting.
Josef AlbersArt 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.
Josef Albers