Neon sign Quote by Julie Kagawa

On any day in the Mission in San Francisco, you can see a hand-painted sign that is kind of funky, and maybe that person,…

— Margaret Kilgallen

“In their simplicity and directness [neon signage is] a kind of urban iconography with which we can identify on many levels. — Rudi Stern”

— Philip Di Lemme

“The neon sign reflected off his gun, like the moonlight reflects off my brother-in-law's bald head after a night of beer drinking and cow-tipping.”

— David G. Scott

I love light in my work but I was never influenced by neon signage in itself, rather its effect on nature and architecture. You…

— Keith Sonnier

Like the skyscraper, the automobile, and the motion-picture palace, neon signs once symbolized popular hopes for a new era of technological achievement and commercial…

— Virginia Postrel

“We are entering the Dark Ages, my friend, but this time there will be lots of neon, and screen savers, and street lighting.”

— Edward St. Aubyn

“...and my signature is drawn in magic marker on the lower right hand corner of the window so when something passes in the dark…

— David Berman

Billboards, billboards, drink this, eat that, use all manner of things, everyone, the best, the cheapest, the purest and most satisfying of all their…

— Neal Cassady

Painting seems like impossibility, with only a sign now and then of its own light.

— Philip Guston

“Neon flickered in brilliant colors on the really fancy buildings, while the older blocks and the ones under scaffolding were dark and unlit. Everywhere…

— Jia Pingwa

“When the lights turn low I just want to know that the glow you possess will be enough to guide me home.”

— Tyler Kent White

“You've got your lights turned so they can see you. The very best of what you've got to offer.”

— Tegan Quin