"I do not believe that there was ever a question of being abstract or representational. It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing, and stretching one's arms again transcendental experiences became possible."

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Source : Mark Rothko (1997). “Mark Rothko”, Stewart Tabori & Chang

Mark Rothko

#Believe Quotes #Breathing Quotes #Silence Quotes

“We, as Americans, do our level best to avoid being cruel to one another; we're led out of a diverse nation to come together and learn how to live with one another in a way that elevates everyone and our way of life. We've tried mightily to renew and imagine - imagine anew what it means to be free, what it means to be fair.”
“This golfer has a wicked slice. And quite a follow-through. That's why his partner, who stood too close, Is on the green in two.”
“I donâ€™t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do â€“ in my life â€“ seriously -”
“I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited me.”
“Fill the cup of happiness for others, and there will be enough overflowing to fill yours to the brim.”
“Saving nickels, saving dimes, working 'til the sun don't shine, looking forward to happier times.”
“No single man makes history. History cannot be seen, just as one cannot see grass growing. Wars and revolutions, kings and Robespierres, are history's organic agents, its yeast. But revolutions are made by fanatical men of action with one-track mind, geniuses in their ability to confine themselves to a limited field. They overturn the old order in a few hours or days, the whole upheaval takes a few weeks or at most years, but the fanatical spirit that inspired the upheavals is worshiped for decades thereafter, for centuries.”
“I was sentenced to life plus 30 years by an all-White jury. What I saw in prison was wall-to-wall Black flesh in chains. Women caged in cells. But we're the terrorists. It just doesn't make sense.”

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