Famous Quotes and Comments by Mark Rothko

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. There is no such thing as good painting about nothing.
Mark Rothko

Silence is so accurate.
Mark Rothko

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

There’s nothing worse than a sharp picture of a fuzzy concept.
Mark Rothko

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

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