Mark Rothko Quotes

Mark Rothko
American Artist
Born: Sep 25, 1903
Died: Feb 25, 1970
Art Because Kinship Matter Spiritual Subject Matter
Related authors: Andy Warhol Jackson Pollock Jean-Michel Basquiat Jeff Koons Kehinde Wiley Keith Haring Yoko Ono
Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness. Mark Rothko
Art Me Stillness Anecdote Spirit Varied Only Purpose Making Concrete Quickness Means
Silence is so accurate. Mark Rothko
Silence Accurate
This would be a distortion of their meaning, since the pictures are intimate and intense, and are the opposite of what is decorative; and have been painted in a scale of normal living rather than an institutional scale. Mark Rothko
Living Intimate Scale Distortion Would Would-Be Rather Since Pictures Institutional Opposite Been Normal Than Intense Meaning Decorative Painted
We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless. Mark Rothko
Matter Valid Only Crucial Subject Subject Matter Tragic Timeless Which Assert
That is why we profess a spiritual kinship with primitive and archaic art. Mark Rothko
Art Spiritual Archaic Kinship Primitive Profess Why
If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must fall back to express basic psychological ideas. Mark Rothko
Fall Back Our Must Myths Ideas Known Because Antiquity Psychological Which Again Titles Eternal Them Used Express Recall Basic Symbols

No more Mark Rothko quotes

Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to Mark Rothko.

About
Site pages
Top Quotes
Authors
Today's birthdays
Copyright © Quotesia 2025