Joseph Albo Quotes on Knowledge
Joseph Albo was a Spanish Jewish philosopher and the author of the Sefer ha-Ikkarim, the Book of Principles, the most widely read Jewish philosophical work in Iberia in the generation before the expulsion. This page collects quotes attributed to Joseph Albo on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Joseph Albo:
“True religion combines reason and tradition.”
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Attributed to Joseph Albo:
“Faith requires inquiry, not blind assent.”
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Attributed to Joseph Albo:
“The wise believer holds reason and revelation together.”
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“Quoted in: Abstract Art , Anna Moszynska, Thames and Hudson 1990, p. 147”
Every perception of colour is an illusion.. ..we do not see colours as they really are. In our perception they alter one another. -
“Quote c. 1949, when Albers started his 'Homage to the Square' series of paintings”
Every perception of colour is an illusion.. ..we do not see colours as they really are. In our perception they alter one another. -
“Quote from: 'Albers Paints a Picture' Elaine de Kooning , Art News 49, November 1950, p. 40; as quoted in Abstract Expressionist Painting in America , W.C, Seitz, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1983, p. 67”
The concern of the artist is with the discrepancy between physical fact and psychological effect. -
“I want color and form to have contradictorily functions.”
Quote from: 'Albers Paints a Picture' Elaine de Kooning , Art News 49, November 1950, p. 57; as quoted in Abstract Expressionist Painting in America , W.C, Seitz, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1983, p. 67 -
“Quote from: 'Albers Paints a Picture' Elaine de Kooning , Art News 49, November 1950, p. 57; as quoted in Abstract Expressionist Painting in America , W.C, Seitz, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1983, p. 67”
I want color and form to have contradictorily functions. -
“Quoted in: Arts/Canada, Vol. 23 (1966), p. 46”
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. -
“In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually.”
Quoted in: Faber Birren (1976) Color Perception in Art. p. 20