Inspirational Quote by Mark Rothko Download Open image “I am here to make you think. . . . I am not here to make pretty pictures!” — Mark Rothko ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Make you think Pretty picture Thinking
I'm here to make good pictures. If I don't see it, I won't touch it. I may not make a good picture, but I… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
I'm making the art for me first. I'm making it because these are the pictures I want to see. I'm making pictures that don't… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
I never know if my picture is a good picture or a bad picture, because I'm not making pictures thinking of the public, I'm… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I believe that producing pictures, as I do, is almost solely a question of wanting so very much to do it well. — M. C. Escher Copy Share Image
In my head I think, There is a beautiful picture here and by God, short of murder, I'm going to get it. So shut… — John Loengard Copy Share Image
We're trying to get good pictures. Don't worry very much about what I say. — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
I think my pictures are really about a kind of tension between my need to make a perfect picture and the impossibility of doing… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing and stretching one's arms again. — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
This would be a distortion of their meaning, since the pictures are intimate and intense, and are the opposite of what is decorative; and… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
The picture must be... a revelation, an unexpected and unprecedented resolution of an eternally familiar need. — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
To me art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risk. — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red. — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
I do not believe that there was ever a question of being abstract or representational. It is really a matter of ending this silence… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
Art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can only be explored by those willing to take the risks. — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image