Buildings Quote by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Mirrors have come to mean much more than the original 'looking glass.' They are now a part of the decorative scheme of a modern…

— Dorothy Draper

Most architects say: I want to use this type of glass, even if it's too reflective or doesn't let enough light in. However, the…

— Helmut Jahn

Everything has its shadow if you bring it in the light.

— Vikrant Parsai

I've used mirrors in a lot of movies. I think the mirror is an extraordinary thing, also the reflective, a reflection in water, etc.

— Nicolas Roeg

Very great charm of shadow and light is to be found in the faces of those who sit in the doors of dark houses.…

— Leonardo da Vinci

I always choose strong, direct backlighting that creates patterns of intricate abstract shadows. These shadows become strong design elements that lie across and touch…

— William C. Wright

There is strong shadow where there is much light.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The shadows are as important as the light.

— Charlotte Bronte

“It was a house of shadows, where the sunshine was filtered down to a guttering night-light strength between the laths of the window-shutters. (89)”

— Émile Zola

The glass ceiling doesn't apply when you're building your own house

— Heidi Roizen

I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.

— C. K. Williams

The imagination is to the effect as the shadow to the opaque body which causes the shadow.

— Leonardo da Vinci