“To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast.” BodyLightWhiteSunAirShadowCastsReceiving Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“Thou silent power, whose welcome sway charms every anxious thought away; in whose divine oblivion drown'd, sore pain and weary toil grow mild, love is with kinder looks beguiled, and Grief forgets her fondly cherish'd wound; oh, whither hast thou flown, indulgent god? God of kind shadows and of healing dews, whom dost thou touch with thy Lethaean rod? Around whose temples now thy opiate airs diffuse?” LooksKindPainGrowsForgetLove IsGriefHealingAirDivineShadowSilentWoundsWelcomeCharmTemplesCherishAnxiousWearyToilOblivionDewKinderOpiatesAnxious ThoughtsSilent Power Book:Poetical Works of Akenside Source: Poetical Works of Akenside
“The Book of Air and Shadows' was born during a conference with an intellectual property lawyer on a particular afternoon in November of 2003.” BookBornAirParticularIntellectualShadowPropertyLawyerAfternoonConferencesNovemberIntellectual Property Author:Michael Gruber
“Velázquez, past the age of fifty, no longer painted specific objects. He drifted around things like the air, like twilight, catching unawares in the shimmering shadows the nuances of color that he transformed into the invisible core of his silent symphony.” AgePastAirObjectsColorShadowSilentCoreInvisibleFiftyTransformedTwilightSymphonyCatchingNuance Author:Elie Faure
“Meanwhile let us cast one shadow in air and water.” WaterAirShadowCastsAir And Water Author:Maxine Kumin