And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In f… — Josef Albers

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 AlbersArtist · German · 1888 – 1976

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When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. — William Shakespeare
Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. — Victor Hugo
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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