“And just as music is the space between notes, just as the stars are beautiful because of the space between them, just as the sun strikes raindrops at a certain angle and throws a prism of color across the sky—so the space where I exist, and want to keep existing, and to be quite frank I hope I die in, is exactly this middle distance: where despair struck pure otherness and created something sublime.” WantBeautifulCertainDiesStarsSpaceSunSkyMiddleColorPureDespairMusic IsDistanceNotesStrikesFrankSublimeAngleSpace BetweenRaindropsOthernessPrisms Author:Donna Tartt
“There are three aspects to perspective. The first has to do with how the size of objects seems to diminish according to distance: the second, the manner in which colors change the farther away they are from the eye; the third defines how objects ought to be finished less carefully the farther away they are.” FirstsSeemsEyeThreeObjectsColorPerspectiveOughtAspectThirdsDistanceSizeFinishedDiminish Book:Leonardo da Vinci's advice to artists Source: Leonardo da Vinci's advice to artists
“Wishes, like painted landscapes, best delight, Whilst distance recommends them to the sight. Plac'd afar off, they beautiful appear: But show their coarse and nauseous colors near.” ShowsBeautifulWishColorSightDistanceDelightLandscapeAfarCoarse Author:Thomas Yalden