"I frequently hear the question, ‘what do these images mean?’ This is simply the wrong question...."

“I frequently hear the question, ‘what do these images mean?’ This is simply the wrong question. Visual images do not have to conform to either verbal thinking or optical facts. A better question would be, ‘do these images convey any emotional truth?’”

- Adolph Gottlieb, originally published in the catalogue for “The New Decade” at the Whitney Museum, 1955  (via gottliebfoundation)