Josef Albers Quotes

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

Josef Albers

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• Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.

  

  Ozwald Boateng
  • People
  • Great
  • Black

• At fashion shows, my brows often get bleached, and they've been dyed back much darker - like jet black, where you can't even see my skin. Sometimes with Just for Men! What a mistake. At times, the two brows aren't even the same color!

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Men
  • Black
  • Fashion

• Diversity in the industry is very lacking, and equal opportunity comes very far and few between for people of color.

  

  Jacob Batalon
  • People
  • Opportunity
  • Color

• The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows.

  

  J. August Richards
  • People
  • Believe
  • Science

• We have got to move away from the concept of race and color because that is what apartheid is. We cannot end apartheid if we retain these concepts.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Color
  • End
  • Race

• As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.

  

  Lance Reddick
  • Character
  • Career
  • Myself

• Martin Freeman is a genius, he really is. He gives you every color of the rainbow in every take and it's wonderful just to play off of him and opposite him.

  

  Lara Pulver
  • Color
  • Genius
  • Rainbow

• Well, my favorite color I guess I would say yellow.

  

  Fran Drescher
  • Color
  • Say
  • Yellow

• Embrace the color of your skin and your own beauty.

  

  Yuna
  • Color
  • Beauty
  • Skin

• I do believe that there will be a clash between East and West. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think that it will be based upon the color of the skin….

  

  Malcolm X
  • Believe
  • Freedom
  • Justice

• You can hate a man for many reasons, his color isn't one of them.

  

  Jackie Robinson
  • Hate
  • Color

• I've always considered myself a person of color.

  

  Kali Uchis
  • Color

• The roles for South Asians may have increased by a decent number but there has been a negligible change in the quality of these roles. We still have to fight stereotypes. Fortunately, I've had the priviledge of working with people who look beyond the color of your skin.

  

  Lavrenti Lopes
  • People
  • May
  • Quality

• As somebody who has been an executive producer on a television series, I can tell you that increasing director diversity is as simple as hiring more women and more people of color.

  

  Lesli Linka Glatter
  • People
  • Women
  • Simple

• I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.

  

  Alvin Ailey
  • World
  • Work
  • Important

• I began doing writing projects and art and design projects to explore a new way of seeing Canada. Roots is one more way of continuing this exploration. I want to present a wide-open Canadian sense of color, adventure, communication and openness that defines our country.

  

  Douglas Coupland
  • Writing
  • Country
  • Art

• I think people just don't respect women's bodies in general, the bodies of women of color in general.

  

  Phoebe Robinson
  • People
  • Women
  • Respect

• I've always thought it's the qualities of a person that matter. Not their breed, their shape, their color, their sexual preference, age... It's the qualities of their character.

  

  Janet McTeer
  • Character
  • Age
  • Color

• I love red and I think it's more than just a color: It evokes an emotion. When you wear red, it makes you feel empowered and sexy. For me, sin is all about temptation and the power of seduction. Red Sin is a combination of those elements to make women feel irresistible.

  

  Christina Aguilera
  • Thinking
  • Women
  • Power

• Even when I was coming up in the singer-songwriter ranks during the early '70s, I thought that people who were stylists and stuff shoulda still been up on the pedestal. I mean, it's fine to recognize people who write songs, but it kinda got out of hand, you know?

  

  John Prine
  • Songs
  • Recognize
  • Pedestal

• I am careful with what I eat because that's my job. If I had to plump up for a role, I would do it.

  

  Dilshad Vadsaria
  • Up
  • Job

• There was a whole group that really welcomed me: George Mitchell was one, Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd, the reformers were really delighted to see me. So if you were one of those squeaky clean, shiny bright, let's reform the world, you were very glad to see Barb Mikulski, and George Mitchell was in that category.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • World
  • Category
  • George Mitchell

• I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.

  

  Curt Schilling
  • World
  • Business
  • Player

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

  

  Josef Albers
  • Color
  • Recognize
  • Deceives