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Color is like cooking. The cook puts in more or less salt, that's the difference!


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Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous.

Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous.



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We never really perceive what color really is, as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.



Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.



In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually.

In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually.



As we do not see squares in nature, I thought that it is man-made. But I have corrected myself. Because squares exist in salt crystals, our daily salt.

As we do not see squares in nature, I thought that it is man-made. But I have corrected myself. Because squares exist in salt crystals, our daily salt.



Learn to see and to feel life; that is, cultivate imagination, because there are still marvels in the world, because life is a mystery and always will be. But be aware of it.

Learn to see and to feel life; that is, cultivate imagination, because there are still marvels in the world, because life is a mystery and always will be. But be aware of it.



The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it.

The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it.





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This page presents the quote "Color is like cooking. The cook puts in more or less salt, that's the difference!". Author of this quote is Josef Albers. This quote is about differences, color, salt, cooking,.