Tones Quotes

156 quotes by 138 authors

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones. — Paul Cezanne
Be humble about it. Paint the color tones as they come against each other, and make them sing, vibrate. Don't ask me to look at… — Charles Webster Hawthorne
You ask me where I get my ideas. That I cannot tell you with certainty. They come unsummoned, directly, indirectly - I could seize them… — Ludwig van Beethoven
Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the work of a painter of… — Georges Clemenceau
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
In the germ, when the first trace of life begins to stir, music is the nurse of the soul; it murmurs in the ear, and… — Bettina Skrzypczak
Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing of these frequencies… — Francis Crick
Iron and coal dominated everywhere, from grey to black: the black boots, the black stove-pipe hat, the black coach or carriage, the black iron frame… — Lewis Mumford
A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own; and it… — Henry Van Dyke
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
I don't want anyone to appreciate the light or the palette of tones. I want my pictures to inform, to provoke discussion - and to… — Sebastiao Salgado
With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows. — John Townsend Trowbridge
There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of… — Dante Alighieri
There rise her timeless capitals of empires daily born, whose plinths are laid at midnight and whose streets are packed at morn; and here come… — Rudyard Kipling
Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also delving deeply into… — Paul Zollo
It's a lot of anti-gay, racist humorâ€”which people like in Americaâ€”all couched in 'I'm telling it like it is.' He's in the right place at… — David Cross
The most crazed religious fanatic argues in more calm and reasoned tones than liberals responding to statistics on concealed-carry permits. — Ann Coulter
Ali Woodson was one of the few Iconic Soul-Singers left from the Motown Era that could STILL sell out a crowd, light up a party,… — Luenell
You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes. — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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