If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBIf we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBAll primitive expression (like the myths) reveals the constant awareness of powerful forces,
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBIt seems tome they are more concerned that we should go back, than about nature.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBCertain people always say we should go back to nature.I notice they never say we should go forward to nature.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBI use color in terms of emotional quality, as a vehicle for feeling…
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBI want to express the utmost intensity of the color, bring out the quality, make it expressive.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBThe immediate presence of terror and fear.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBI never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBFeeling is everything I have experienced or thought.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBIn times of violence, personal predilections for niceties of colour and form seem irrelevant.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBPainting is self-discovery.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBYou arrive at the image through the act of painting.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBI never use nature as a starting point.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEBMy favorite symbols were those which I didn’t understand.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB