Josef Albers

"Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature."

"It is not so for art in appreciation because art is concerned with human behavior. And science is concerned with the behavior of metal or energy. It depends on what the fashion is. Now today it's energy. It's the same soul behind it. The same soul, you see."

"Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely."

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