The people that weep before my paintings are having the same religious experience that I had when I painted it.
Mark RothkoThere is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red.
Mark RothkoI also hang the pictures low rather than high, and particularly in the case of the largest ones, often as close to the floor as is feasible, for that is the way they are painted.
Mark Rothko