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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 Gottlieb
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Adolph Gottlieb
Age: 70 †
Born: 1903
Born: March 14
Died: 1974
Died: March 4
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