Black Quote by Frederick Douglass

In the printed page the only real things are the paper and the ink; the white spaces play the same part in aiding the…

— John Burroughs

“The properties of ink are peculiar and contradictory: it may be used to make reputations and unmake them; to blacken them and to make…

— Ambrose Bierce

Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.

— Robert Frank

The material of typography is the black, and it is the designer’s task with the help of this black to capture space, to create…

— Adrian Frutiger

“The scribbled signature black, onto the blinding global white, onto the thick soupy red.”

— Markus Zusak

For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all…

— John Sexton

Ink is the blood of the printing-press.

— John Milton

I believe that the essence of photography is black and white. Color is but a deviance.

— Sarah Moon

“The color white is a blank canvas, just waiting to be written on. Compared to other more stimulating colors it is a refreshing change,…

— Chantal Larocque

Paper is like Joyce Carol Oates: white.

— Caryl Churchill

Ink is the transcript of thought.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

The digital print is becoming the look of our time, and it makes the C-print start to look like a tintype.

— Joel Sternfeld