Homage to the square' (1964), Oral history interview with Josef Albers' (1968)
“THE ORIGIN OF ART: The discrepancy between physical fact and psychic effect. THE CONTENT OF ART: Visual information of our reaction to life. THE MEASURE OF ART: The ratio of effort to effect. THE AIM OF ART: Revelation and evocation of vision.”
'The Origin of Art'
Homage to the square' (1964)
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German-American artist and educator 1888–1976Related quotes
“The concern of the artist is with the discrepancy between physical fact and psychological effect.”
Quote from: 'Albers Paints a Picture' Elaine de Kooning, Art News 49, November 1950, p. 40; as quoted in Abstract Expressionist Painting in America, W.C, Seitz, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1983, p. 67

“All art originates in an act of intuition or vision.”
Form in Modern Poetry(1932)
Quoted in: Margaret Walch (1979) Color source book, p. 98

Dijkstra (1970) " Notes On Structured Programming http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd02xx/EWD249.PDF" (EWD249), Section 3 ("On The Reliability of Mechanisms"), p. 7.
1970s
Homage to the square' (1964), Oral history interview with Josef Albers' (1968)

“Art is the most effective mode of communications that exists.”