--- title: "15 Color Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson" description: "15 Color quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Color sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_calamity_nature-always-wears-the-colors-of-the-sp_600391.png" --- > [“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/nature-always-wears-the-colors-of-the-spirit-to-a-man-laboring-under-2/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_calamity_nature-always-wears-the-colors-of-the-sp_600391.png) > [A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no luster as you turn it in your hand, until you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-is-like-a-bit-of-labrador-spar-which-has-no-luster-as-you-turn/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_angle_a-man-is-like-a-bit-of-labrador-spar-whi_2668036.png) > [In Haydn's oratorios, the notes present to the imagination not only motions, as, of the snake, the stag, and the elephant, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-haydn-s-oratorios-the-notes-present-to-the-imagination-not-only/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_color_in-haydn-s-oratorios-the-notes-present-t_790662.png) > [Nature is not always tricked in holiday attire, but the same scene which yesterday breathed perfume and glittered as for the frolic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/nature-is-not-always-tricked-in-holiday-attire-but-the-same-scene-2/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_attire_nature-is-not-always-tricked-in-holiday_1746238.png) > [The intellect,-that is miraculous! Who has it, has the talisman: his skin and bones, though they were of the color of night,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-intellect-that-is-miraculous-who-has-it-has-the-talisman-his-skin/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9b/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_astronomy_the-intellect-that-is-miraculous-who-has_205358.png) > [The genius is a genius by the first look he casts on any object. Is his eye creative? Does he not rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-genius-is-a-genius-by-the-first-look-he-casts-on-any-object-is/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_angle_the-genius-is-a-genius-by-the-first-look_36508.png) > [Nor has science sufficient humanity, so long as the naturalist overlooks the wonderful congruity which subsists between man and the world; of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/nor-has-science-sufficient-humanity-so-long-as-the-naturalist/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a8/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_analysis_nor-has-science-sufficient-humanity-so-l_158722.png) > [The intellect searches out the Absolute order of things as they stand in the mind of God, and without the colors of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-intellect-searches-out-the-absolute-order-of-things-as-they-stand/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_absolutes_the-intellect-searches-out-the-absolute_44817.jpg) > [Thus inevitably does the universe wear our color, and every object fall successively into the subject itself. The subject exists, the subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/thus-inevitably-does-the-universe-wear-our-color-and-every-object/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_color_thus-inevitably-does-the-universe-wear-o_1789879.jpg) > [Nothing is arbitrary, nothing is insulated in beauty. It depends forever on the necessary and the useful. The plumage of the bird,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/nothing-is-arbitrary-nothing-is-insulated-in-beauty-it-depends/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_animal_nothing-is-arbitrary-nothing-is-insulate_2479760.png) > [Old & New put their stamp to everything in Nature. The snowflake that is now falling is marked by both. The present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/old-new-put-their-stamp-to-everything-in-nature-the-snowflake-that-is/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_all-things_old-new-put-their-stamp-to-everything-in_770328.jpg) > [A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand until you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-is-like-a-bit-of-labrador-spar-which-has-no-lustre-as-you-turn/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_adaptation_a-man-is-like-a-bit-of-labrador-spar-whi_1601524.png) > [Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. To a man laboring under calamity the heat of his own fire hath sadness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/nature-always-wears-the-colors-of-the-spirit-to-a-man-laboring-under/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_calamity_nature-always-wears-the-colors-of-the-sp_112183.jpg) > [Painting seems to be to the eye what dancing is to the limbs. When that has educated the frame to self-possession, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/painting-seems-to-be-to-the-eye-what-dancing-is-to-the-limbs-when/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_art_painting-seems-to-be-to-the-eye-what-dan_192302.jpg) > [Eloquence must be grounded on the plainest narrative. Afterwards, it may warm itself until it exhales symbols of every kind and color,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/eloquence-must-be-grounded-on-the-plainest-narrative-afterwards-it/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_bible_eloquence-must-be-grounded-on-the-plaine_891580.png) ## Other authors on Color - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henri-matisse-41358.jpg) Henri Matisse 36 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/henri-matisse/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vincent-van-gogh-93793.jpg) Vincent Van Gogh 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/vincent-van-gogh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wassily-kandinsky-94601.jpg) Wassily Kandinsky 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/wassily-kandinsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/malcolm-x/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-josef-albers-53221.jpg) Josef Albers 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/josef-albers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michelle-alexander-67636.jpg) Michelle Alexander 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/michelle-alexander/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-markus-zusak-64459.jpg) Markus Zusak 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/markus-zusak/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-50782.jpg) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hans-hofmann-40322.jpg) Hans Hofmann 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/hans-hofmann/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-cezanne-73824.jpg) Paul Cezanne 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/paul-cezanne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pablo-picasso-73081.jpg) Pablo Picasso 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/pablo-picasso/) ## More by Ralph Waldo Emerson > [The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-history-of-mankind-interests-us-only-as-it-exhibits-a-steady-gain/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-we-will-not-interfere-with-our-thought-but-will-act-entirely-or/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-there-is-any-period-one-would-desire-to-be-born-in-is-it-not-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-speak-but-he-judges-himself-with-his-will-or-against-his/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/consideration-is-the-soil-in-which-wisdom-may-be-expected-to-grow-and/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-then-creative-reading-as-well-as-creative-writing-when-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The order of things consents to virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-order-of-things-consents-to-virtue/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Life only avails, not the having lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/life-only-avails-not-the-having-lived/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/another-success-is-the-post-office-with-its-educating-energy/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-child-reminds-us-that-playtime-is-an-essential-part-of-our-daily/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-man-can-be-criticised-but-by-a-greater-than-he-do-not-then-read/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/coal-lay-in-ledges-under-the-ground-since-the-flood-until-a-laborer/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-am-therefore-i-had-nothing-better-to-do-than-to-think/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends-but/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-compensations-of-calamity-are-made-apparent-to-the-understanding/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/ralph-waldo-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "15 Color Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. 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