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title: "11 Light Color Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [Light is therefore color.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/light-is-therefore-color/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/j-m-w-turner-33993_color_light-is-therefore-color-1802215_1802215.png)

> [I want people to be overwhelmed with light and color in a way they have never experienced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-chihuly/i-want-people-to-be-overwhelmed-with-light-and-color-in-a-way-they/)

[Dale Chihuly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-chihuly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/dale-chihuly-50093_color_i-want-people-to-be-overwhelmed-with-lig_651526.png)

> [Flowers and flames. And color. Color as color, not as volume or light - only as color.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-demuth/flowers-and-flames-and-color-color-as-color-not-as-volume-or-light/)

Charles Demuth

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/charles-demuth-88445_color_flowers-and-flames-and-color-color-as-co_2470033.jpg)

> [I don't usually like a smoky eye; if there is any smokiness, it's got to be a light color.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-velazquez/i-don-t-usually-like-a-smoky-eye-if-there-is-any-smokiness-it-s-got/)

[Nadine Velazquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-velazquez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/nadine-velazquez-18254_any_i-don-t-usually-like-a-smoky-eye-if-ther_1765521.jpg)

> [I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-de-la-renta/i-like-light-color-luminosity-i-like-things-full-of-color-and-vibrant/)

[Oscar de la Renta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-de-la-renta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/oscar-de-la-renta-5629_color_i-like-light-color-luminosity-i-like-thi_1930419.png)

> [We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-maisel/we-don-t-experience-light-color-and-gesture-in-a-vacuum-we-experience/)

[Jay Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-maisel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/jay-maisel-7730_color_we-don-t-experience-light-color-and-gest_2782150.png)

> [Light and color are closely linked. The colors can make a crucial change in nature, if you switch from daylight to artificial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verner-panton/light-and-color-are-closely-linked-the-colors-can-make-a-crucial/)

[Verner Panton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/verner-panton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d95/verner-panton-51331_affected_light-and-color-are-closely-linked-the-c_414138.png)

> [Nowadays, people shoot digitally and it's all in color, but you press a button and it all goes to black and white.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/nowadays-people-shoot-digitally-and-it-s-all-in-color-but-you-press-a/)

[David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/david-lynch-911_black_nowadays-people-shoot-digitally-and-it-s_63824.jpg)

> [Light gesture and color of the key compliments of any photograph. Light and color are obvious, but it is just her that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-maisel/light-gesture-and-color-of-the-key-compliments-of-any-photograph/)

[Jay Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-maisel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/jay-maisel-7730_color_light-gesture-and-color-of-the-key-compl_2650908.png)

> [Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color red and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-corgan/say-you-write-a-song-about-a-chandelier-and-the-chandelier-gives-off/)

[Billy Corgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-corgan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/billy-corgan-1014_bulls_say-you-write-a-song-about-a-chandelier_2872724.jpg)

> [The first of all single colors is white ... We shall set down white for the representative of light, without which no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/the-first-of-all-single-colors-is-white-we-shall-set-down-white-for/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/leonardo-da-vinci-330_air_the-first-of-all-single-colors-is-white_1910592.jpg)

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