Carolina QuotesWe tend to discount a lot of meaning that goes on in life that's non-verbal. Color can convey a total range of mood and expression, of one's experience in life, without having to give it descriptive or literary qualities.
Kenneth Noland Carolinian
Source
pp. 99 – 105
- work
- "Color, Format and Abstract Art" (1977)
- year
- 1977
- locator
- pp. 99 – 105
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