My art is not abstract, it lives and breathes

- Mark Rothko

When I was a younger man, art was a lonely thing. No galleries, no collectors, no critics, no money. Yet, it was a golden age, for we all had nothing…

- Mark Rothko

I am here to make you think. . . . I am not here to make pretty pictures!

- Mark Rothko

Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit.

- Mark Rothko

To me art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risk.

- Mark Rothko

The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human. To paint a small picture is to place yourself outside your experie…

- Mark Rothko

I don't express myself in my paintings. I express my not-self.

- Mark Rothko

I'm not an abstractionist. I'm not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I'm interested only in expressing basic human em…

- Mark Rothko

There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red.

- Mark Rothko