Quotes | Most Inspiring and Motivational Quotes

"Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my doing was to make people to see."

"Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my doing was to make people to see."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Art, People, Philosophy, Word

35

"I love very much to draw animals."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Love, Animals

31

"I prefer to see with closed eyes."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Ignorance, Eyes

42

"I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends."

"I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Friendship, Friends

40

"I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art teachers. You see, it was not so much for the development of artists. But we had there terribly stiff training."

"I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art teachers. You see, it was not so much for the development of artists. But we had there terribly stiff training."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Art, Development, Artists, School

37

"I was for years in the yellow period, you know."

"I was for years in the yellow period, you know."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Art, Years

39

"I went to the Academy and studied with Stuck who was then a big man. But didn't interest me. I didn't know that before me there was Kandinsky and Klee who had also studied with Stuck. He had a good name at that time."

"I went to the Academy and studied with Stuck who was then a big man. But didn't interest me. I didn't know that before me there was Kandinsky and Klee who had also studied with Stuck. He had a good name at that time."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Time, Interest, Man, Name

30

"And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything."

"And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Family, Father, Childhood, Fact

39

"If you don't do it my way, I suggest you commit suicide."

"If you don't do it my way, I suggest you commit suicide."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Control, Suicide

30

"I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing."

"I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Rules, Students

50

"In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is - as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art."

"In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is - as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Art, Perception, Fact

36

"When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick to our teaching job for five years."

"When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick to our teaching job for five years."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Government, Job, Obligation, Teaching

36

"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."

"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."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Art, Science, Soul, Appreciation

37

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

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

Josef Albers, German Artist

Family,

35

"My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know."

"My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Family, Father, Nonsense, Parents, Theatre

37

"On the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very cheaply. And already in 1920 I saved the first salaries I received to go to Munich."

"On the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very cheaply. And already in 1920 I saved the first salaries I received to go to Munich."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Money, First

36

"Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting."

"Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Heart, Contrast, Painting

33

"The aim of our studies is to prove that color is the most relative means of artistic expression, that we never really perceive what color is physically."

"The aim of our studies is to prove that color is the most relative means of artistic expression, that we never really perceive what color is physically."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Expression,

29

"Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward."

"Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Art, Historians

39

"I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one."

"I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Art, Aesthetics, Ethics, Man, May

44

"When I came from horizontal vertical straight all old stuff then suddenly I go also again in curved lines. And there I submit to changes in the intensity of my hand leading a tool, you see."

"When I came from horizontal vertical straight all old stuff then suddenly I go also again in curved lines. And there I submit to changes in the intensity of my hand leading a tool, you see."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Art, Leading, Old

32

"When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others."

"When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Effort, Saying, Will

42

"In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the scientist is likewise a god."

"In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the scientist is likewise a god."

Josef Albers, German Artist

God, Italy, Now

39

"I have invented the Thermometer style."

"I have invented the Thermometer style."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Style,

39

"I count all the time on resonance. I call on this, you see."

"I count all the time on resonance. I call on this, you see."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Time,

32

"As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color effects never are done or over. New and different cases will be discovered time and again."

"As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color effects never are done or over. New and different cases will be discovered time and again."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Time, Language, Rules, Will

34

"Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences."

"Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Colors,

93

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

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

Josef Albers, German Artist

Science, Art

41

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

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

Josef Albers, German Artist

Nature,

37

"Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets."

"Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Work, First, Secrets, Sense

38

"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Life, Purpose, Community, Meaning

54

"Love each other or die."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Love,

16

"You're not a wave, you're a part of the ocean."

"You're not a wave, you're a part of the ocean."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Unity, Ocean

29

"You have to work at creating your own culture."

"You have to work at creating your own culture."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Work, Culture

15

"You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."

"You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Work, Culture

14

"This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun."

"This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Dying, End, Man, Sun

13

"If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future."

"If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Power, America, Force, Future, Nation

50

"My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam."

"My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Mind, Vietnam

56

"No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight."

"No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Behavior, Will

43

"Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed."

"Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Goal, Destruction, Iraq, Succeed

36

"While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile."

"While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Government, Democracy

40

"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."

"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Money, Building, Destruction, Weapons

33

"I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans."

"I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

War, Americans, Being, World

41

"I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair."

"I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Love, Americans, Europe

42

"To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French."

"To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Genius, Europe

51

"Wine is a peep-hole on a man."

Alcaeus, Greek Poet

Man, Wine

30

"To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking."

"To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking."

Alcaeus, Greek Poet

Escape, Drinking, Folly, Grief, Melancholy

38

"'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old."

"'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old."

Alcaeus, Greek Poet

Man, Old, Wrath

32

"Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity."

"Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity."

Alcaeus, Greek Poet

Man, Men, Opportunity, Houses

36

"Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats."

"Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

Success,

All Quotes Collection

"Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my doing was to make people to see."

35

"I love very much to draw animals."

31

"I prefer to see with closed eyes."

42

"I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends."

40

"I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art teachers. You see, it was not so much for the development of artists. But we had there terribly stiff training."

37

"I was for years in the yellow period, you know."

39

"I went to the Academy and studied with Stuck who was then a big man. But didn't interest me. I didn't know that before me there was Kandinsky and Klee who had also studied with Stuck. He had a good name at that time."

30

"And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything."

39

"If you don't do it my way, I suggest you commit suicide."

30

"I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing."

50

"In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is - as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art."

36

"When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick to our teaching job for five years."

36

"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."

37

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

35

"My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know."

37

"On the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very cheaply. And already in 1920 I saved the first salaries I received to go to Munich."

36

"Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting."

33

"The aim of our studies is to prove that color is the most relative means of artistic expression, that we never really perceive what color is physically."

29

"Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward."

39

"I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one."

44

"When I came from horizontal vertical straight all old stuff then suddenly I go also again in curved lines. And there I submit to changes in the intensity of my hand leading a tool, you see."

32

"When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others."

42

"In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the scientist is likewise a god."

39

"I have invented the Thermometer style."

39

"I count all the time on resonance. I call on this, you see."

32

"As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color effects never are done or over. New and different cases will be discovered time and again."

34

"Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences."

93

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

41

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

37

"Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets."

38

"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

54

"Love each other or die."

16

"You're not a wave, you're a part of the ocean."

29

"You have to work at creating your own culture."

15

"You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."

14

"This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun."

13

"If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future."

50

"My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam."

56

"No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight."

43

"Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed."