Adolph Gottlieb
Adolph Gottlieb
Adolph Gottliebwas an American abstract expressionist painter, sculptor and printmaker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth14 March 1903
CountryUnited States of America
effects enter equivalent experience purely terms verbal visual work
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 inconceivable to me that I could experience things and not have them enter into my painting.
innocence tradition form
If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge , not innocence.
my-favorite symbols
My favorite symbols were those which I didn't understand.
thinking use paint
I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.
emotional color feelings
I use color in terms of emotional quality, as a vehicle for feeling... feeling is everything I have experienced or thought.