“The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human. To paint a small picture is to place yourself outside your experience, to look upon an experience as a stereopticon view or with a reducing glass. However you paint the larger picture, you are in it. It isn't something you command.”
Quote by Mark Rothko
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Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko, born on September 25, 1903, and died on February 25, 1970, was a renowned modern artist from Russia, who later moved to the United States. His large-scale, vibrant abstract paintings have had a profound impact on the 20th-century art world. more
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