Painting is self-discovery. You arrive at the image through the act of painting. — 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
