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