Colour Quotes

781 quotes by 592 authors

The laws of light and of heat translate each other;-so do the laws of sound and colour; and so galvanism, electricity and magnetism are varied… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those loves which are for the sake of a colour are not love. In the end they are a disgrace. — Rumi
A novelist can shift view-point if it comes off. ... Indeed, this power to expand and contract perception (of which the shifting view-point is a… — E. M. Forster
Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off ... Do not for ever with thy vailed lids Seek for thy noble father in the dust. — William Shakespeare
Indeed I do not think we should be justified in using any but the more sombre tones and colours while our people, our Empire, and… — Winston Churchill
Is it not the interest of the human race, that every one should be so taught and placed, that he would find his highest enjoyment… — Robert Owen
Almost all words do have colour and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone's eyes light up and know… — Gladys Taber
But it will be found... that one universal law prevails in all these phenomena. Where two portions of the same light arrive in the eye… — Thomas Young
I walk in the garden, I look at the flowers and shrubs and trees and discover in them an exquisiteness of contour, a vitality of… — Bernard Berenson
His eyes were rolling in their sockets, and his face had taken on the colour and expression of a devout tomato. I could see he… — P.G. Wodehouse
Sin is the only real colour element left in modern life. — Oscar Wilde
You sit better on a colour that you like — Verner Panton
Choosing colours should not be a gamble. It should be a conscious decision. Colours have a meaning and a function. — Verner Panton
The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination. Most people spend their lives in dreary, grey-beige conformity, mortally afraid… — Verner Panton
One sits more comfortably on a colour that one likes. — Verner Panton
I imagined that if the surface of the package imitated the colour and texture of the fruit skin, then the object would reproduce the feeling… — Naoto Fukasawa
Black is always elegant. It is the most complete colour in the whole world, made of all the colours in the palette. — Riccardo Tisci
As your relationship with the music gets stronger, so does your motivation for playing it and finding different sounds. If you have the idea that… — Maurizio Pollini
I dyed my hair about 42 different colours, and kids can be pretty judgmental about people who are different. But instead of breaking down and… — Christina Hendricks
I think it's important to keep your personal life to yourself as much as you can. It protects your sanity and you need to have… — Dianna Agron

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