Carolina QuotesAmateurism is an emptiness and I accept it because it has no preconceived ideas or rules to be applied. This is for me [as art teacher] a most welcome situation and I like to keep my students amateurs and dilettantes.
Josef Albers Connected to the Carolinas
Source
p. 459
- work
- 'A conversation with Josef Albers' (1970)
- year
- 1970
- locator
- p. 459
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“Amateurism is an emptiness and I accept it because it has no…” Josef Albers. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-165538A85C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/165538a85c
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