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Mark Rothko Quotes: Small pictures since the Renaissance are like novels; large pictures are like dramas in which one participates in a direct way.
         

Small pictures since the Renaissance are like novels; large pictures are like dramas in which one participates in a direct way.


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

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



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

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 emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on.

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.



The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees

The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees



A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience.

A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience.



There is more power in telling little than in telling all.

There is more power in telling little than in telling all.



If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom.

If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom.



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.

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.



You think my paintings are calm, like windows in some cathedral? You should look again. I'm the most violent of all the American painters. Behind those colours there hides the final cataclysm.

You think my paintings are calm, like windows in some cathedral? You should look again. I'm the most violent of all the American painters. Behind those colours there hides the final cataclysm.



Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit.

Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit.





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