All primitive expression (like the myths) reveals the constant awareness of powerful forces,
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB
Adolph Gottlieb on awareness
Adolph Gottlieb14 quotes“All primitive expression (like the myths) reveals the constant awareness of powerful forces,”
Filed under
More from Adolph Gottlieb
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 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 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.
Adolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb
Original quotes
From our community writers
Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
Laura CleggLaura Clegg
Meet the writers
More on awareness
Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
BodhidharmaBodhidharma To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
BodhidharmaBodhidharma There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.
Chogyam TrungpaChogyam Trungpa If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive?
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you’ll always find despair.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.
Margaret MeadMargaret Mead Some sort of greater awareness of their own finiteness and what their time on earth really is, and what they really want to do with their lives, could help improve them.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom