--- title: "10 Life Is Black Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Life Is Black quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Life Is Black sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/edwin-hubbel-chapin-1652_black_a-life-is-black-whiten-it-as-you-will-29_2925041.png" --- > [A life is black, whiten it as you will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-hubbel-chapin/a-life-is-black-whiten-it-as-you-will/) [Edwin Hubbel Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-hubbel-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/edwin-hubbel-chapin-1652_black_a-life-is-black-whiten-it-as-you-will-29_2925041.png) > [“Not everything in life is black and white. Sometimes the best parts are gray. Just remember that not everything can fit into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alyssa-rose-ivy/not-everything-in-life-is-black-and-white-sometimes-the-best-parts/) [Alyssa Rose Ivy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alyssa-rose-ivy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/alyssa-rose-ivy-27629_black-and-white_not-everything-in-life-is-black-and-whit_1761384.jpg) > [Life is black and white. You don't know what's good for you, because you don't see the black and white! You don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cjoybell-c/life-is-black-and-white-you-don-t-know-what-s-good-for-you-because/) [CJoybell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cjoybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/cjoybell-c-27028_black-and-white_life-is-black-and-white-you-don-t-know-w_1610710.jpg) > [It is not that Shakespeare's art is in technicolor and fancy, and that real life is black and white and tedious. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-greenblatt/it-is-not-that-shakespeare-s-art-is-in-technicolor-and-fancy-and-that/) [Stephen Greenblatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-greenblatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f25/stephen-greenblatt-10786_art_it-is-not-that-shakespeare-s-art-is-in-t_815522.jpg) > [“The stream of life is black and angry; how so many of us get across without drowning, I often wonder. The best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/the-stream-of-life-is-black-and-angry-how-so-many-of-us-get-across/) [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu-16388_life_the-stream-of-life-is-black-and-angry-ho_542103.jpg) > [My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/my-life-is-black-and-white-and-mixed-my-mother-s-a-rastafarian-my-dad/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/zadie-smith-584_also_my-life-is-black-and-white-and-mixed-my_280295.jpg) > [That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zakk-wylde/that-s-why-for-zakk-wylde-s-black-label-society-the-colors-are-black/) [Zakk Wylde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zakk-wylde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/zakk-wylde-9819_black_that-s-why-for-zakk-wylde-s-black-label_2999912.jpg) > [Crimson flames tied through my ears Rollin' high and mighty traps Pounced with fire on flaming roads Using ideas as my maps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/crimson-flames-tied-through-my-ears-rollin-high-and-mighty-traps/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/bob-dylan-168_black_crimson-flames-tied-through-my-ears-roll_2067166.jpg) > [“Being born is a burst of colors...and living life without LIFE is black and white. Expectations are everything, life is absolute. Dreaming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-martinez/being-born-is-a-burst-of-colors-and-living-life-without-life-is-black/) [Santiago Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-martinez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/santiago-martinez-276130_black-and-white_being-born-is-a-burst-of-colors-and-livi_1478035.jpg) > [“Loo, life is black and white. You don't know what's good for you, because you don't see the black and white! You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/loo-life-is-black-and-white-you-don-t-know-what-s-good-for-you/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/c-joybell-c-471_black-and-white_loo-life-is-black-and-white-you-don-t-kn_1195480.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-is-black/#itemlist", "name": "Life Is Black Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A life is black, whiten it as you will.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edwin Hubbel Chapin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-hubbel-chapin/a-life-is-black-whiten-it-as-you-will/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/edwin-hubbel-chapin-1652_black_a-life-is-black-whiten-it-as-you-will-29_2925041.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/edwin-hubbel-chapin-1652_black_a-life-is-black-whiten-it-as-you-will-29_2925041.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/edwin-hubbel-chapin-1652_black_a-life-is-black-whiten-it-as-you-will-29_2925041.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A life is black, whiten it as you will.” — Edwin Hubbel Chapin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Not everything in life is black and white. 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