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I've handled colour as man should behave. With trained and sensitive eyes, you can recognise this double behavior of colour. And from this you may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one.

— Josef Albers

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For me, abstraction is real, probably more real than nature. I'll go further and say that abstraction is nearer my heart. I prefer to see with closed eyes.

The concern of the artist is with the discrepancy between physical fact and psychological effect.

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

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I want color and form to have contradictorily functions.

A painter works to formulate with or in colors.. .My paintings follow the second option.

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