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Josef Albers Quotes: Every perception of color is an illusion, we do not see colors as they really are. In our perception they alter one another.
         

Every perception of color is an illusion, we do not see colors as they really are. In our perception they alter one another.


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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.



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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.



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





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