“We 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.”

Source: Color, Format and Abstract Art' (1977), pp. 99 – 105

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