I never use nature as a starting point.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB
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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 Certain people always say we should go back to nature.I notice they never say we should go forward to nature.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb The immediate presence of terror and fear.
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