It is the poet and philosopher who provide the community of objectives in which the artist participates. Their chief preoccupation, like the artist, is the expression in concrete form of their notions of reality. Like him, they deal with the verities of time and space, life and death, and the heights of exaltation as well as the depths of despair. The preoccupation with these eternal problems creates a common ground which transcends the disparity in the means used to achieve them.
My art is not abstract, it lives and breathes - Mark Rothko
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
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…
I am here to make you think. . . . I am not here to make pretty pictures! - Mark Rothko
I am here to make you think. . . . I am not here to make pretty pictures!
Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit. - Mark Rothko
Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit.
To me art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risk. - Mark Rothko
To me art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risk.
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
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…
I don't express myself in my paintings. I express my not-self. - Mark Rothko
I don't express myself in my paintings. I express my not-self.
There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red. - Mark Rothko
There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red.
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
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…
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