“Abstract Expressionists such as Oscar Kokoschka asserted the excitement rather than the logic of life by using strong and bizarre colors (for example, a green face), heavy, dynamic brush strokes, and even distortions of figures and faces, such as enlarging an eye out of proportion to the rest of the face.”

—Albert Mehrabian, from Public Places and Private Spaces: The Psychology of Work, Play, and Living Environments, 1976.