Josef Albers Quotes

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

“It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible.”

“There was no one to blame but the mighty, ruthless stranger. Thus was complexity reduced to demonology, which is a defining feature of anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism, or, indeed, any "anti-ism.”

“To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.- Jósef Piłsudski”

“The restoration of man’s inner eyes can hardly be expected in this day and age — unless, first of all, one were willing and determined simply to exclude from one’s realm of life all those inane and contrived but titillating illusions incessantly generated by the entertainment industry.”

“Don't be afraid of change. You may lose something good, but you will gain something better.”

“thnkz 4 hlpng e wth e spllng d gwammer mestr josef”

“My teacher, Josef Gingold, a student of the French school, always loved the music of Saint-Saens and Henri Vieuxtemps and all the French repertoire.”

“The peace is won by accompanying God into the battle.”

“I always have loved the Stradivarius. My teacher, Josef Gingold, he had a Stradivarius. As a treat, he would put it under my chin and let me play a few notes, and I remember that feeling of the overtones, the complexity of the sound. It's like a great wine.”