Carolina QuotesI say all the time, if I sell that to you, you pay me for 3 colors. And I sell you 4, I betray you. Not to cheat you, but to pet you. You see I betray you in a positive way. I make you see more than there is. And that's in all my art that way. Absolutely something else. And that's what my book is about. You never see what you see. I lead you to see something else. And therefore I direct you. That's help.
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- 'Oral history interview with Josef Albers' (1968)
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“I say all the time, if I sell that to you, you pay me for 3 …” Josef Albers. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-57BF79177B. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/57bf79177b
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THE ORIGIN OF ART: The discrepancy between physical fact and psychic effect. THE CONTENT OF ART: Visual information of our reaction to life. THE MEASURE OF ART: The ratio of effort to effect. THE AIM OF ART: Revelation and evocation of vision.
I would say, 'My things have the look of icons.' Unconsciously they look at you not as my face is now – you see me in profile – icons are only this way. And so are my paintings.
The concern of the artist is with the discrepancy between physical fact and psychological effect.