It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you se… — Quoted

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

Josef Albers · Teacher

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Josef Albers

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

Science

Josef Albers

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.

Science

Josef Albers

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

Nature

Robert Sternberg

In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who can't learn well that way don't have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teacher's teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn.

Teacher