Adolph Gottlieb Quotes

On this page you can find the TOP of Adolph Gottlieb's best quotes! We hope you will find some sayings from Painter Adolph Gottlieb's in our collection, which will inspire you to new achievements! There are currently 8 quotes on this page collected since March 14, 1903! Share our collection of quotes with your friends on social media so that they can find something to inspire them!
All quotes by Adolph Gottlieb: more...
  • I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.

    Adolph Gottlieb, Robert M. Doty, Diane Waldman (1968). “Adolph Gottlieb”
  • If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence.

    "Abstract Expressionism". Book by David Anfam, p. 51, 1990.
  • I want to express the utmost intensity of the color, bring out the quality, make it expressive.

    Adolph Gottlieb, Robert M. Doty, Diane Waldman (1968). “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.

    1947 In Tiger's Eye, vol.1, no.2, Dec, quoted in C Harrison and Paul Wood (eds) Art in Theory 1900-1990 (1992).
  • 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.

    "bstract Expressionism Creators and Critics". Book edited by Clifford Ross, Abrams Publishers New York, 1990.
  • My favorite symbols were those which I didn't understand.

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

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

    Adolph Gottlieb, Robert M. Doty, Diane Waldman (1968). “Adolph Gottlieb”
Page 1 of 1
We hope you have found the saying you were looking for in our collection! At the moment, we have collected 8 quotes from the Painter Adolph Gottlieb, starting from March 14, 1903! We periodically replenish our collection so that visitors of our website can always find inspirational quotes by authors from all over the world! Come back to us again!
Adolph Gottlieb quotes about: