Light And Shadow Quotes

41 quotes by 37 authors

Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones. — Paul Cezanne
Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows. — Joseph Joubert
My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity. To… — Ruth Bernhard
Our job is to record, each in his own way, this world of light and shadow and time that will never come again exactly as… — Edward Abbey
All it has experienced, tasted, suffered: The course of years, generations of animals, Oppression, recovery, friendship of sun and - Wind Will pour forth each… — Hermann Hesse
An important memory is like a gravitational field--the mind is compelled to return to it again and again. It is like a moon; it lives… — Rikki Ducornet
When night falls over Washington, D.C., memorials, public buildings, and broad avenues become ethereal shapes in soft light and shadow. Floodlights, piercing the darkness, etch… — Volkmar Wentzel
Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture,… — Jim Jarmusch
Life is a mixture of light and shadow, calm and storm, and it's all good. — Susan W. Krebs
The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow. — Socrates
Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow. — Toru Takemitsu
The piano is a divinely inspired instrument, a mirror held up to its player's soul that captures the light and shadow of the performer and… — David Lanz
Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice. — Maya Angelou
Remember, light and shadow never stand still. — Benjamin West
I am certain that if I have any merit, it is knowing how to make good use of my eyes, to guide the camera in… — Gabriel Figueroa
All the masterpieces of art contain both light and shadow. A happy life is not one filled with only sunshine, but one which uses both… — Billy Graham
As the woods are the same, the trees standing in their places, the rocks and the earth... they are always different too, as lights and… — Emily Carr
Being desirable means being comfortable with your own ambiguity. The most ambiguous reality is that we are flesh and spirit at the same time. Within… — Rumi
I am the beast with a contorted grin, contracting down to illusion and dilating toward infinity, both growing and dying, delightfully suspended between hope for… — Emile M. Cioran
This life is a shadowy thing, lad. We live in a crowded space of lights and shadows, and when left to ourselves, we all too… — James Michael

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