Adolph Gottlieb quotes
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“Painting is self-discovery. You arrive at the image through the act of painting.”
-- Adolph GottliebSource : Adolph Gottlieb, Robert M. Doty, Diane Waldman (1968). “Adolph Gottlieb”
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“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 GottliebSource : 1947 In Tiger's Eye, vol.1, no.2, Dec, quoted in C Harrison and Paul Wood (eds) Art in Theory 1900-1990 (1992).
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“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 GottliebSource : "bstract Expressionism Creators and Critics". Book edited by Clifford Ross, Abrams Publishers New York, 1990.
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“If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge , not innocence.”
-- Adolph GottliebSource : "Abstract Expressionism". Book by David Anfam, p. 51, 1990.
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“I want to express the utmost intensity of the color, bring out the quality, make it expressive.”
-- Adolph GottliebSource : Adolph Gottlieb, Robert M. Doty, Diane Waldman (1968). “Adolph Gottlieb”
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“I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.”
-- Adolph GottliebSource : Adolph Gottlieb, Robert M. Doty, Diane Waldman (1968). “Adolph Gottlieb”
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“I use color in terms of emotional quality, as a vehicle for feeling... feeling is everything I have experienced or thought.”
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“My favorite symbols were those which I didn't understand.”
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“The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.”
Source : "Producer Adam Shankman Talks STEP UP REVOLUTION Blu-ray/DVD, Future STEP UP Movies, Directing GLEE’s Upcoming Christmas Episode, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 27, 2012.
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“I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.”
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“I'm addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there's so damn much about myself to improve.”
Source : "Drop Dead Healthy" by A.J. Jacobs, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 13, 2012.
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Source : Aaron Siskind, Henry Holmes Smith, Thomas B. Hess (1965). “Aaron Siskind, photographer”
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“I knew that I must paint not what I saw, but only what was in me, in my soul.”
Source : Alexej von Jawlensky, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen (1994). “Alexej von Jawlensky: 25/9-27/11/1994, Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam”, Univ of Washington Pr
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