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Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko Quotes

Total quotes: 4

Mark Rothko

Birthname

Birthday: September 25, 1903

Birthplace: Dvinsk, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire

Death: February 25, 1970

Educated At: Lincoln High School, Art Students League Of New York, Yale University, Lincoln High School, Art Students League Of New York, Yale University

Manner of Death: Suicide

Nationality: United States Of America, United States Of America

Occupations: Painter, University Teacher, Painter, University Teacher

Total quotes: 4

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

— Mark Rothko, Mark Rothko: A Biography

Tagged: Art, Painting, Vision, Belief

“Many of those who are driven to this life are desperately searching for those pockets of silence where we can root and grow.”

— Mark Rothko, Jonathan Jones: Mark Rothko on the way the art world was/is going

Tagged: Ideology, Belief, Searching, deire, Silence, Growth

“Silence is so accurate.”

— Mark Rothko, Silence is so Accurate

Tagged: Silence, Accuracy, Answer

“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 academism. There is no such thing as good painting about nothing. We assert that only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless. That is why we profess spiritual kinship with primitive and archaic art.”

— Mark Rothko, A Letter from Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb to the Art Editor of the New York Times

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Birthday:	September 25, 1903
Birthplace:	Dvinsk, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Death:	February 25, 1970
Educated At:	Lincoln High School, Art Students League Of New York, Yale University, Lincoln High School, Art Students League Of New York, Yale University
Manner of Death:	Suicide
Nationality:	United States Of America, United States Of America
Occupations:	Painter, University Teacher, Painter, University Teacher