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\u201cI am not an abstractionist.. .I am not interested in the relationships
\nof color or form or anything else.. .I\u2019m interested only in expressing
\nbasic human emotions \u2014 tragedy, ecstasy, doom and so on \u2014 and the fact
\nthat a lot of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures
\n show that I communicate<\/i> those basic human emotions.. .The people
\n who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I
\nhad when I painted them. And if you, as you say, are moved only by their
\n color relationships, then you miss the point!\u201d\u2014 <\/i>Mark Rothko\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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