Turning sand into gold

“I like to take a very weak color and make it rich and beautiful by working on its neighbors. What’s gloomier than raw sienna? Now look at what I’ve done to it there: It’s gold. It’s shining and alive, like an actor on the stage. Turning sand into gold, that’s my life and aim.”

Josef Albers, quoted in Josef Albers: To Open Eyes, by Frederick A. Horowitz and Brenda Danilowitz, 2006.

2 thoughts on “Turning sand into gold

  1. jb

    Nice – making sand gold. And who said painters weren’t goal oriented?
    You’ve got more space – 350 more MB. -jb

  2. djmisc

    Yes, to make way for more podcasts. And soon when you click on the eye, I hope you’ll enjoy . . . the Misccam!

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