I will say without reservations that from my point of view there can be no abstractions. Any shape or area that has not the pulsating concreteness of… - Mark Rothko

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I will say without reservations that from my point of view there can be no abstractions. Any shape or area that has not the pulsating concreteness of real flesh and bones, its vulnerability to pleasure or pain is nothing at all. Any picture that does not provide the environment in which the breath of life can be drawn does not interest me.

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About Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko (September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), born Marcus Rothkowitz, was a Latvian-born American painter usually considered an Abstract Expressionist.

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Native Name: Markuss Rotkovičs
Alternative Names: Marcus Rothkowitz

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