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> [I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions. And the fact that a lot of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate these basic human emotions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/i-m-interested-only-in-expressing-basic-human-emotions-and-the-fact/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

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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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/the-fact-that-people-break-down-and-cry-when-confronted-with-my/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

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## Other authors on Breaking down

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## More by Mark Rothko

> [Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/art-to-me-is-an-anecdote-of-the-spirit/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [Without monsters and gods, art cannot enact a drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/without-monsters-and-gods-art-cannot-enact-a-drama/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [Many of those who are driven to this life are desperately searching for those pockets of silence where we can root and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/many-of-those-who-are-driven-to-this-life-are-desperately-searching/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing and stretching one's arms again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/it-is-really-a-matter-of-ending-this-silence-and-solitude-of/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [This would be a distortion of their meaning, since the pictures are intimate and intense, and are the opposite of what is decorative; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/this-would-be-a-distortion-of-their-meaning-since-the-pictures-are/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [The picture must be... a revelation, an unexpected and unprecedented resolution of an eternally familiar need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/the-picture-must-be-a-revelation-an-unexpected-and-unprecedented/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [To me art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/to-me-art-is-an-adventure-into-an-unknown-world-which-can-be-explored/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/it-is-a-widely-accepted-notion-among-painters-that-it-does-not-matter/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/there-is-only-one-thing-i-fear-in-life-my-friend-one-day-the-black/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [I do not believe that there was ever a question of being abstract or representational. It is really a matter of ending this silence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/i-do-not-believe-that-there-was-ever-a-question-of-being-abstract-or/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [Art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can only be explored by those willing to take the risks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/art-is-an-adventure-into-an-unknown-world-which-can-only-be-explored/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/if-our-titles-recall-the-known-myths-of-antiquity-we-have-used-them/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [It is the poet and philosopher who provide the community of objectives in which the artist participates. Their chief preoccupation, like the artist, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/it-is-the-poet-and-philosopher-who-provide-the-community-of/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [The myth holds us, therefore, not through its romantic flavor, not the remembrance of beauty of some bygone age, not through the possibilities of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/the-myth-holds-us-therefore-not-through-its-romantic-flavor-not-the/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

> [If you are moved only by the color relationships, then you miss the point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/if-you-are-moved-only-by-the-color-relationships-then-you-miss-the/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

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