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Shadows Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
- After painting comes Sculpture, a very noble art, but one that does not in the execution require the same supreme ingenuity as the art of…
- Very great charm of shadow and light is to be found in the faces of those who sit in the doors of dark houses. The…
- When the sun is covered by clouds, objects are less conspicuous, because there is little difference between the light and shade of the trees and…
- To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast.
- Shadows which you see with difficulty, and whose boundaries you cannot define... these you should not represent as finished or sharply defined, for the result…
- Shadow is the obstruction of light. Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and solid bodies will…
More Shadows Quotes
- The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not… — Gaston Bachelard
- I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light. — Martha Beck
- In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. — Henry Ward Beecher
- A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives… — Annie Besant
- It is, then, by those shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every religion and… — H. P. Blavatsky
- I can understand there are things like shadows they need to fix after a shoot, but it's unfair to represent an image… — Emily Blunt
- It's all about the light. Always face it, because that's how you give your face good angles. If you're outside when the… — Gisele Bundchen
- Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. — Edmund Burke
- Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows. — Paulo Coelho
- 'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the… — Sam Abell
- In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated. — August Sander
- We've come to a basic agreement, which is that first, people will be legalized. In other words, not citizens, but they'll be… — Charles Schumer