Adolph Gottlieb Quotes

If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence.
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB

Depart Form Innocence Tradition We
My favorite symbols were those which I didn’t understand.
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Favorite Symbol Those Understand
Painting is self-discovery.
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Discovery Painting Self
It seems tome they are more concerned that we should go back, than about nature.
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Back Concerned More Nature Seem Tome
I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.
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Abstract Consciously Nature Paint Think
In times of violence, personal predilections for niceties of colour and form seem irrelevant.
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Colour Expression Form Irrelevant Niceties Personal Powerful Predilection Time Violence
I use color in terms of emotional quality, as a vehicle for feeling…
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB

Color Emotional Feeling. Quality Term Vehicle
All primitive expression (like the myths) reveals the constant awareness of powerful forces,
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Awareness Constant Expression Force Myth Powerful Primitive Reveal
Feeling is everything I have experienced or thought.
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Everything Experienced Feeling Thought
You arrive at the image through the act of painting.
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Act Arrive Image Painting Through
I want to express the utmost intensity of the color, bring out the quality, make it expressive.
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Color Experience Express Intensity Quality Utmost Want
I never use nature as a starting point.
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Nature Paint Point Starting Thinking Use
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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Always Back Certain Nature People Should
The immediate presence of terror and fear.
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Fear Immediate Presence Terror

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