Ah, but she was a pastel wearer. She was forever dead to…

“I’d have loathed having the word pastel associated with me ever, whether applied to my appearance or my personality.”

— Julie Kibler

The years between thirty-five and sixty-five revolve before the passive mind as one unexplained, confusing merry-go-round. True, they are a merry-go-round of ill-gaited and…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Savannah is a . . . lovely pastel dream of tight cobbled streets. . . . There are legendary scenes . . . to rival any dreamed up by Tennessee Williams.

— Rosemary Daniell

In drawing after drawing, pastel after pastel, painting after painting, the contours of Degas's dancing figures become, at a certain point, darkly insistent, tangled…

— John Berger

I am not exuding anything," said Holly through gritted teeth. Orion tapped her shoulder. "I beg to differ. You're exuding right now, a wonderful…

— Eoin Colfer

I don't think I'd get employed if I did pastel eye and a side parting. People would say: 'Get someone else for the job!'

— Claudia Winkleman

“But the kitchen will not come into its own again until it ceases to be a status symbol and becomes again a workshop. It…

— Phyllis McGinley

“He also looked very handsome, even though there was a smear of dirt on his gold-hued cheek that she very much wanted to wipe…

— Sarah Beth Durst

“Then we had the irises, rising beautiful and cool on their tall stalks, like blown glass, like pastel water momentarily frozen in a splash,…

— Margaret Atwood

The Revolutionary Hill Estates had not been designed to accommodate a tragedy. Even at night, as if on purpose, the development held no looming…

— Richard Yates

“There are days when you wish to drape pastels to your heart. Calmness is what you seek! Not being answerable is what you crave…

— Neelam Saxena Chandra

Hey, You Know About That, Rude Like That I'm Rockin My Pastel

— Kid Cudi

Preliminary drawings or sketches in oil or pastel often have an immediacy and emotional appeal far greater than the final canvas.

— Paul Mellon

I found ways to seal off the powdery surface of pastel so that gold leaf can adhere to it. Similarly, I found ways to…

— Doug Dawson

“...the pastel sea of trees and flowers.”

— Anne Rivers Siddons