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Adolph Gottlieb14 quotes“Certain people always say we should go back to nature.I notice they never say we should go forward to nature.”
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If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb My favorite symbols were those which I didn’t understand.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb It seems tome they are more concerned that we should go back, than about nature.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb Painting is self-discovery.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb In times of violence, personal predilections for niceties of colour and form seem irrelevant.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb I use color in terms of emotional quality, as a vehicle for feeling…
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb All primitive expression (like the myths) reveals the constant awareness of powerful forces,
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb Feeling is everything I have experienced or thought.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb You arrive at the image through the act of painting.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb I want to express the utmost intensity of the color, bring out the quality, make it expressive.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb I never use nature as a starting point.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb The immediate presence of terror and fear.
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