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“When you see the color of nature as it is, that's good. The color of wood that's been worn by time, isn't that the height of beauty?
When the texture is like dirt, or the color of earthenware pottery or bricks that have been baked is the color of dirt, that's when the color is pure. Evidence of deterioration like fragmenting rocks, that kind of roughness and simplicity is good.”

“Rothko, for whom "tragic experience is the only source book for art, tried to make his paintings into experiences of tragedy and ecstasy, as the basic conditions of existence. The aim of his life's work was to express the essence of the universal human drama.”

What were your good reads for 2022? What are the good reads for 2023?

Re-reading this one for our book club! Bought myself a paperback copy this time!