“The whole body reacts to color. If you were to walk into an all-neon-pink room, it would be difficult not to react. I think it is a unified, human thing to feel color with everything. It is like standing next to a bass speaker plugged into your eyeballs.” IfsThinkingFeelsHumansWholeBodyWould BeNextDifficultWalksRoomsColorStandingSpeakersBassUnifiedNeonEyeballs Author:Jim Drain
“A rain-tight roof, frugal living, a box of colors, and God's sunlight through clear windows keep the soul attuned and the body vigorous for one's daily work.” SoulBodyClearColorRainWindowBoxesSunlightRoofVigorousFrugalDaily Work Book:Albert P. Ryder: centenary exhibition ; Oct. 18 to Nov. 30, 1947 Source: Albert P. Ryder: centenary exhibition ; Oct. 18 to Nov. 30, 1947
“No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa & America.” MenWantBodyAmericaGivenWishBlackExistenceConditionsTalentColorEqualAppearanceProofExhibitsBrethrenOwing Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts
“This whole which is visible in different ways in bodies, as far as formation, constitution, appearance, colors and other properties and common qualities, is none other than the diverse face of the same substance a changeable, mobile face, subject to decay, of an immobile, permanent and eternal being.” WayDifferentWholeBodyFacesCommonQualitySubjectsColorEternalConstitutionPropertyAppearanceSubstancePermanentDifferent WaysVisibleDecayDiverseMobileFormation Author:Giordano Bruno
“Color exists simultaneously with form. Both elements are constantly associated but color strikes you more - a rose for instance - sometimes form - the human body.” HumansSometimesBodyFormColorElementsRoseStrikesInstanceColourHuman Body Author:Ferdinand Hodler
“With all its variety and liveliness, color acts in the work of art as blood does as it circulates through our bodies. Color is what keeps the painting alive and moving.” DoeArtBodyMovingAliveBloodMovementColorPaintingVarietyWorks Of Art Author:Joseph Raffael
“Blood is very powerful. While meat is the substance that keeps our living souls in this physical reality, blood keeps our meat alive. Blood is liquid life. When blood escapes our bodies we are alarmed to the very core of our brains. It is life leaking out of us. It is frightening and makes red a profoundly intense color.” LifeSoulBodyRealityPowerfulBrainAliveBloodColorRedCoreIntensePainterSubstanceMeatFrighteningVery PowerfulLiquidBleedingColor Red Author:Mark Ryden