"...Rothbort is surely a Seurat admirer. He has evolved a competent type of pointillism and in general follows the master's low tonality, simple balance form, and long solemn lines. The brooding self portrait is the most personal revelation of an arresting talent..."    Art News

"...Lawrence Rothbort's most consequential efforts to my mind, are his drawings done with an old master delicay and completness recalling some of the extaordinary ink drawings of the elder Breughel..."      E.G.   Herald Tribune