In times of violence, personal predilections for niceties of colour and form seem irrelevant. All primitive expression (like the myths) reveals the constant awareness of powerful forces, the immediate presence of terror and fear. — Adolph Gottlieb Copy Share Image
When I work, I'm thinking in terms of purely visual effects and relations, and any verbal equivalent is something that comes afterwards. But it's… — Adolph Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I use color in terms of emotional quality, as a vehicle for feeling... feeling is everything I have experienced or thought. — Adolph Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint. — Adolph Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Painting is self-discovery. You arrive at the image through the act of painting. — Adolph Gottlieb Copy Share Image
If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence. — Adolph Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Certain people always say we should go back to nature.I notice they never say we should go forward to nature. It seemstometheyare more concerned… — Adolph Gottlieb Copy Share Image
In times of violence, personal predilections for niceties of colour and form seem irrelevant. All primitive expression (like the myths) reveals the constant awareness… — Adolph Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I want to express the utmost intensity of the color, bring out the quality, make it expressive. — Adolph Gottlieb Copy Share Image
