The progression of a painter’s work…will be toward clarity; toward the elimination of all obstacles between the painter and the idea, and between the idea and the observer…to achieve this clarity is, inevitably, to be understood.
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…
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 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.
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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