--- title: "8 Open Light Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 8 Open Light quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Open Light sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/ezra-pound-1208_art_i-once-saw-a-small-child-go-to-an-electr_7156.png" --- > [“I once saw a small child go to an electric light switch as say, "Mamma, can I open the light?" She was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-pound/i-once-saw-a-small-child-go-to-an-electric-light-switch-as-say-mamma/) [Ezra Pound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-pound/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/ezra-pound-1208_art_i-once-saw-a-small-child-go-to-an-electr_7156.png) > [There are many kinds of open. . . Love is a word, another kind of open. . . Take my word for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/there-are-many-kinds-of-open-love-is-a-word-another-kind-of-open-take/) [Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/audre-lorde-758_jewels_there-are-many-kinds-of-open-love-is-a-w_8150.jpg) > [There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/there-is-a-morning-inside-you-waiting-to-burst-open-into-light/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/rumi-56_inside_there-is-a-morning-inside-you-waiting-to_10252.jpg) > [I once saw a small child go to an electric light switch as say, Mamma, can I open the light? She was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-pound/i-once-saw-a-small-child-go-to-an-electric-light-switch-as-say-mamma-2/) [Ezra Pound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-pound/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/ezra-pound-1208_age_i-once-saw-a-small-child-go-to-an-electr_178237.png) > [If the eyes are open and there is light, seeing occurs; the stimulus is but a condition of the fulfillment of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/if-the-eyes-are-open-and-there-is-light-seeing-occurs-the-stimulus-is/) [John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/john-dewey-545_activity_if-the-eyes-are-open-and-there-is-light_536700.png) > [I am Black because I come from the earth's inside now take my word for jewel in the open light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/i-am-black-because-i-come-from-the-earth-s-inside-now-take-my-word/) [Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/audre-lorde-758_black_i-am-black-because-i-come-from-the-earth_1695259.jpg) > [You are so much bigger and so much brighter than you can fathom. Begin to open up to your light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/you-are-so-much-bigger-and-so-much-brighter-than-you-can-fathom-begin/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/ritu-ghatourey-5_bigger_you-are-so-much-bigger-and-so-much-brigh_2619773.jpg) > [A pure heart, open to the Light, will be filled with the elixir of Truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/a-pure-heart-open-to-the-light-will-be-filled-with-the-elixir-of-truth/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/rumi-56_elixir_a-pure-heart-open-to-the-light-will-be-f_2739427.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/open-light/#itemlist", "name": "Open Light Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I once saw a small child go to an electric light switch as say, \"Mamma, can I open the light?\" She was using the age-old language of exploration, the language of art. 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