Colour Quotes

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... on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly do all changes… — Henry Walter Bates
Water, whether still or in motion, has so great an attraction for the lover of nature, that the most beautiful landscape seems scarcely complete without… — William Montagu-Pollock
The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free. Everyone who comes to this… — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all of his glory, unveiling the… — Ann Radcliffe
Naked I came into the world, naked I shall go out of it! And a very good thing too, for it reminds me that I… — E. M. Forster
There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen. — Sun Tzu
I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds. — Robert Bridges
To plant and maintain a flower border, with a good scheme for colour, is by no means the easy thing that is commonly supposed. — Gertrude Jekyll
Structure is the most important component in a successful planting; colour is important too but it is a secondary consideration. — Piet Oudolf
Everything was curved to fit the walls: the stove, the sink and the cupboards, and all of it had been painted with flowers, insects and… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If, I can someday see M. Claude Monet's garden, I feel sure that I shall see something that is not so much a garden of… — Marcel Proust
Conceive a jelly-fish such as sails in our summer seas, bell-shaped and of enormous size - far larger, I should judge, than the dome of… — Arthur Conan Doyle
With dogs and people, it's love in big splashy colours. When you're involved with a cat, you're dealing in pastels. — Louis J. Camuti
Under the colour of commending him I have access my own love to prefer; But Silvia is too fair, too true, too holy, To be… — William Shakespeare
The Earth school is not a concept. It is an an ongoing 3-dimesional, full colour, hi-fidelity, interactive multi-media experience that does not end until your… — Gary Zukav
About thirty years ago there was much talk that geologists ought only to observe and not theorise; and I well remember some one saying that… — Charles Darwin
I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense… — Benjamin Banneker
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colours of… — George Santayana
We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media in general is balanced, although there are a lot of… — Tim Berners-Lee
No canvas absorbs colour like memory. — Robert Aris Willmott

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