Rothko Paintings Quotes & Sayings

That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal. — Aristotle.

In an environment where there is a shared vision of excellence, where people can be the best they can be on a daily basis, where they know what is expected of them, understand that reward is linked to performance, and believe they can make a difference because they will be heard, they will make a difference. They will go beyond our expectations and great things will happen. — Frederick Smith

The people that weep before my paintings are having the same religious experience that I had when I painted it. — Mark Rothko

You think my paintings are calm, like windows in some cathedral? You should look again. I'm the most violent of all the American painters. Behind those colours there hides the final cataclysm. — Mark Rothko

I don't express myself in my paintings. I express my not-self. — Mark Rothko

You never get bored with God in action. — Loren Cunningham

Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin. — Willem Dafoe

Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest. — Aldo Leopold