--- title: "11 Blueness Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Blueness quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Blueness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/graham-greene-441_quote_i-am-interested-in-the-blueness-of-the-c_1005127.jpg" --- > [“I am interested in the blueness of the cheese.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/i-am-interested-in-the-blueness-of-the-cheese/) [Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/graham-greene-441_quote_i-am-interested-in-the-blueness-of-the-c_1005127.jpg) > [Blueness doth express trueness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-jonson/blueness-doth-express-trueness/) [Ben Jonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-jonson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/ben-jonson-1371_color_blueness-doth-express-trueness-3097750_3097750.png) > [“I did not expect to fall in love with this world, not so quickly, but with the blueness of the sky and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-m-stunich/i-did-not-expect-to-fall-in-love-with-this-world-not-so-quickly-but/) [C.M. Stunich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-m-stunich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/c-m-stunich-1421_fall-in-love_i-did-not-expect-to-fall-in-love-with-th_1017675.jpg) > [We are violets blue, For our sweetness found Careless in the mossy shades, Looking on the ground. Love's dropp'd eyelids and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-hunt/we-are-violets-blue-for-our-sweetness-found-careless-in-the-mossy/) [Leigh Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/leigh-hunt-4374_blue_we-are-violets-blue-for-our-sweetness-fo_260784.png) > [The greatest step forward would be to see that everything factual is already theory. The blueness of the sky reveals the basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-greatest-step-forward-would-be-to-see-that-everything-factual-is/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_behinds_the-greatest-step-forward-would-be-to-se_389121.jpg) > [Oh, 1994, April 27. There won't be a day like that ever again. I mean, the sky was blue, with a blueness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/oh-1994-april-27-there-won-t-be-a-day-like-that-ever-again-i-mean-the/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/desmond-tutu-442_april_oh-1994-april-27-there-won-t-be-a-day-li_209238.jpg) > [Each band or level, being a particular manifestation of the electromagnetic spectrum, is what it is only by virtue of the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/each-band-or-level-being-a-particular-manifestation-of-the/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/ken-wilber-1886_able_each-band-or-level-being-a-particular-ma_1066624.jpg) > [“There are people who from early on reveal a great talent for misfortune. Unhappiness pummels at them like a stoning, every other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-eduardo-agualusa/there-are-people-who-from-early-on-reveal-a-great-talent-for/) [José Eduardo Agualusa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-eduardo-agualusa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/jos-eduardo-agualusa-11119_abyss_there-are-people-who-from-early-on-revea_2393977.jpg) > [When Lawrence first found a gentian, a big single blue one, I remember feeling as if he had a strange communion with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frieda-lawrence/when-lawrence-first-found-a-gentian-a-big-single-blue-one-i-remember/) [Frieda Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frieda-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/frieda-lawrence-87383_bigs_when-lawrence-first-found-a-gentian-a-bi_503790.jpg) > [“Hours later there came a change. It began to grow light in the bus. The greyness outside the windows turned from mud-colour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/hours-later-there-came-a-change-it-began-to-grow-light-in-the-bus-the/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/c-s-lewis-121_astronomy_hours-later-there-came-a-change-it-began_1071496.jpg) > [“You are interested in a person, not in life, and people die or leave us ... But if you are interested in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/you-are-interested-in-a-person-not-in-life-and-people-die-or-leave-us/) [Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/graham-greene-441_life_you-are-interested-in-a-person-not-in-li_1959188.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blueness/#itemlist", "name": "Blueness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I am interested in the blueness of the cheese.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Graham Greene" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/i-am-interested-in-the-blueness-of-the-cheese/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/graham-greene-441_quote_i-am-interested-in-the-blueness-of-the-c_1005127.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/graham-greene-441_quote_i-am-interested-in-the-blueness-of-the-c_1005127.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/graham-greene-441_quote_i-am-interested-in-the-blueness-of-the-c_1005127.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am interested in the blueness of the cheese.” — Graham Greene", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Blueness doth express trueness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Jonson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-jonson/blueness-doth-express-trueness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/ben-jonson-1371_color_blueness-doth-express-trueness-3097750_3097750.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/ben-jonson-1371_color_blueness-doth-express-trueness-3097750_3097750.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/ben-jonson-1371_color_blueness-doth-express-trueness-3097750_3097750.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Blueness doth express trueness.” — Ben Jonson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I did not expect to fall in love with this world, not so quickly, but with the blueness of the sky and the shimmer of the sun on the lake behind me, I am spellbound.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C.M. 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