Contrasts Quotes

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We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What I mean by 'abstract' is something which comes to life spontaneously through a gamut of contrasts, plastic at the same time as psychic, and… — Marc Chagall
Gorbachev's stance contrasts admirably with the policy of the sainted Abraham Lincoln, who used massive force and mass murder to force the seceding Southern states… — Murray Rothbard
What I most cherish is the observation of the movement of colors. Only in this have I found the laws of those simultaneous and complementary… — August Macke
I'm interested in creating a space through color contrasts, rather than by simple shadows of light and dark. — August Macke
One who knows how to appreciate color relationships, the influence of one color with another, their contrasts and dissonances, is promised an infinite variety of… — Sonia Delaunay
From dawn to dusk, winter to spring, summer & autumn; the contrasts of nature refresh the mind & renew our sense of balance — Phil Harding
I believe that Manila can be a reflection of your state of mind. Being a city of extreme contrasts it's easy to see how it… — Carlos Celdran
The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me. I am… — Helen Keller
Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. Nothing ever… — Henry Ward Beecher
And he who has considered all the contrasts on this earth, and is no more disturbed by anything whatever in the world, the Peaceful One,… — Gautama Buddha
The nature of life is to be a study of contrasts: joy/sadness, full/empty. The Main Thing is to Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing. — Stephen Covey
Imagination that compares and contrasts with what is around as well as what is better and worse is the living power and prime agent of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Stories always have held conflicts and contrasts, highs and lows, life and death situations. And there can be much suffering in stories, but now we… — David Lynch
Contradictions of perspective. Contrasts of light. Contrasts of form. Points of view impossible to achieve in drawing and painting. Foreshortenings with a strong distortion of… — Alexander Rodchenko
I realize that in everything I was saying, that underneath my words was essentially, "why can't we be less judgemental and more like me." Which… — Simon Amstell
Color is a major element in scale. A small room can have a larger look by the use of closely related values, hues, and intensity.… — Van Day Truex
Employing...nutrition and vitamin therapy...one of the nation's largest alcoholism treatment programs reports a 71% success rate. This contrasts with...(a) national...rate (of) 25% as reported by… — Irwin Stone
Glacier Gray is an unobtrusive gray that contrasts and enhances; bouncing off other shades without taking away from them as it slips into the background… — Leatrice Eiseman
A strip club is one of the few places where two groups voluntarily come together who have such precipitous contrasts in net worth and familiarity… — Tim Dorsey

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