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> [Color is life; for a world without color appears to us as dead. Colors are primordial ideas, the children of light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/color-is-life-for-a-world-without-color-appears-to-us-as-dead-colors/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

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> [Colors are primordial ideas, children of the aboriginal colorless light and its counterpart, colorless darkness Light, that first phenomenon of the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/colors-are-primordial-ideas-children-of-the-aboriginal-colorless/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

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> [Colors are forces, radiant energies that affect us positively or negatively, whether we are aware of it or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/colors-are-forces-radiant-energies-that-affect-us-positively-or/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

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## Other authors on Colors

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ellsworth-kelly-32817.jpg) Ellsworth Kelly 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/colors/ellsworth-kelly/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henri-matisse-41358.jpg) Henri Matisse 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/colors/henri-matisse/)

## More by Johannes Itten

> [Color is life, for a world without color seems dead. As a flame produces light, light produces color. As intonation lends color to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/color-is-life-for-a-world-without-color-seems-dead-as-a-flame/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

> [Color is life; for a world without color appears to us as dead. Colors are primordial ideas, the children of light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/color-is-life-for-a-world-without-color-appears-to-us-as-dead-colors/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

> [Learning from books and teachers is like traveling by carriage, so we are told in the Veda. But, the carriage will serve only while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/learning-from-books-and-teachers-is-like-traveling-by-carriage-so-we/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

> [Play becomes joy, joy becomes work, work becomes play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/play-becomes-joy-joy-becomes-work-work-becomes-play/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

> [Between black and white there throbs the universe of chromatic phenomena.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/between-black-and-white-there-throbs-the-universe-of-chromatic/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

> [Only those who love color are admitted to its beauty and immanent presence. It affords utility to all, but unveils its deeper mysteries only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/only-those-who-love-color-are-admitted-to-its-beauty-and-immanent/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

> [The effects of color are controlled by intuition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/the-effects-of-color-are-controlled-by-intuition/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

> [Colors are primordial ideas, children of the aboriginal colorless light and its counterpart, colorless darkness Light, that first phenomenon of the world, reveals to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/colors-are-primordial-ideas-children-of-the-aboriginal-colorless/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

> [If you, unknowing, are able to create masterpieces in color, then unknowledge is your way. But if you are unable to create masterpieces in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/if-you-unknowing-are-able-to-create-masterpieces-in-color-then/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

> [The objective laws of form and color help to strengthen a person's powers and to expand his creative gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/the-objective-laws-of-form-and-color-help-to-strengthen-a-person-s/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

> [He who wishes to become a master of color must see, feel, and experience each individual color in its endless combinations with all other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/he-who-wishes-to-become-a-master-of-color-must-see-feel-and/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

> [Colors are forces, radiant energies that affect us positively or negatively, whether we are aware of it or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-itten/colors-are-forces-radiant-energies-that-affect-us-positively-or/)

[Johannes Itten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-itten/)

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