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Mark Rothko Quotes

I also hang the pictures low rather than high, and particularly in the case of the largest ones, often as close to the floor as is feasible, for that is the way they are painted Picture Quote #1

It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism Picture Quote #1

We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless Picture Quote #1

It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing and stretching one’s arms again Picture Quote #1

The romantics were prompted to seek exotic subjects and to travel to far off places. They failed to realize that, though the transcendental must involve the strange and unfamiliar, not everything strange or unfamiliar is transcendental Picture Quote #1

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 to lose and a vision to gain. Today it is not quite the same. It is a time of tons of verbiage, activity, consumption. Which condition is better for the world at large I shall not venture to discuss. But I do know, that many of those who are driven to this life are desperately searching for those pockets of silence where we can root and grow. We must all hope we find them Picture Quote #1

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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 emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on Picture Quote #1

A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer. It dies by the same token. It is therefore risky to send it out into the world. How often it must be impaired by the eyes of the unfeeling and the cruelty of the impotent Picture Quote #1

The artist invites the spectator to take a journey within the realm of the canvas... Without taking the journey, the spectator has really missed the essential experience of the picture Picture Quote #1

The people that weep before my paintings are having the same religious experience that I had when I painted it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth Picture Quote #1

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The fact that people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate those basic human emotions.. the people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when painting them. And if you say you are moved only by their color relationships then you miss the point Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red Picture Quote #1

And last, it may be worthwhile trying to hang something beyond the partial wall because some of the pictures do very well in a confined space Picture Quote #1

The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees Picture Quote #1

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I also hang the pictures low rather than high, and particularly in the case of the largest ones, often as close to the floor as is feasible, for that is the way they are painted (Mark Rothko Quotes) It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism (Mark Rothko Quotes) We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless (Mark Rothko Quotes) It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing and stretching one’s arms again (Mark Rothko Quotes) The romantics were prompted to seek exotic subjects and to travel to far off places. They failed to realize that, though the transcendental must involve the strange and unfamiliar, not everything strange or unfamiliar is transcendental (Mark Rothko Quotes) 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 to lose and a vision to gain. Today it is not quite the same. It is a time of tons of verbiage, activity, consumption. Which condition is better for the world at large I shall not venture to discuss. But I do know, that many of those who are driven to this life are desperately searching for those pockets of silence where we can root and grow. We must all hope we find them (Mark Rothko Quotes) 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 emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on (Mark Rothko Quotes) A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer. It dies by the same token. It is therefore risky to send it out into the world. How often it must be impaired by the eyes of the unfeeling and the cruelty of the impotent (Mark Rothko Quotes) The artist invites the spectator to take a journey within the realm of the canvas... Without taking the journey, the spectator has really missed the essential experience of the picture (Mark Rothko Quotes) The people that weep before my paintings are having the same religious experience that I had when I painted it (Mark Rothko Quotes) 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 (Mark Rothko Quotes) We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth (Mark Rothko Quotes) The fact that people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate those basic human emotions.. the people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when painting them. And if you say you are moved only by their color relationships then you miss the point (Mark Rothko Quotes) 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 (Mark Rothko Quotes) There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red (Mark Rothko Quotes) And last, it may be worthwhile trying to hang something beyond the partial wall because some of the pictures do very well in a confined space (Mark Rothko Quotes) The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees (Mark Rothko Quotes)

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