8+ Adolph Gottlieb Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Adolph Gottlieb quotes and sayings.

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

I use color in terms of emotional quality, as a vehicle for feeling... feeling is everything I have experienced or thought. — Adolph Gottlieb

I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint. — Adolph Gottlieb

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 that we should go back, than about nature. — Adolph Gottlieb

If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence. — Adolph Gottlieb

My favorite symbols were those which I didn't understand. — Adolph Gottlieb

I want to express the utmost intensity of the color, bring out the quality, make it expressive. — Adolph Gottlieb

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