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“Titian, Tintoretto, and Paul Veronese absolutely enchanted me, for they took away all sense of subject... It was the poetry of color which I felt, procreative in its nature, giving birth to a thousand things which the eye cannot see, and distinct from their cause.”

Giving Eye Felt Causes Subjects Color Masters Birth Thousand Enchanted Giving Birth

Author:Washington Allston

“The principal subject is the surface, which has its color, its laws over and above those of object.”

Law Subjects Objects Color Surface Principal

Author:Pierre Bonnard

“I usually start by doing one or more color studies of the subject on a piece of canvas taped to cardboard.”

Study Pieces Subjects Color Canvas

Author:Mary Beth McKenzie

“A garment that is double dyed, dipped again and again, will retain the color a great while; so a truth which is the subject of meditation.”

Meditation Subjects Color Again And Again Garments

Book:The miscellaneous works of the Rev. Matthew Henry: containing in addition to those heretofore published, numerous sermons and papers, now first printed from the original manuscripts. With forty sermons on what Christ is made to believers, by Philip Henry; funeral sermons for Mr. and Mrs. Henry, by the Rev. Matthew Henry; funeral sermons on Mr. Matthew Henry, by W. Tong, John Reynolds, and Dr. Williams

Source: The miscellaneous works of the Rev. Matthew Henry: containing in addition to those heretofore published, numerous sermons and papers, now first printed from the original manuscripts. With forty sermons on what Christ is made to believers, by Philip Henry; funeral sermons for Mr. and Mrs. Henry, by the Rev. Matthew Henry; funeral sermons on Mr. Matthew Henry, by W. Tong, John Reynolds, and Dr. Williams

“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.”

Way Different Whole Body Faces Common Quality Subjects Color Eternal Constitution Property Appearance Substance Permanent Different Ways Visible Decay Diverse Mobile Formation

Author:Giordano Bruno

“Dramatic use of color, harmonious design, the interplay of light and shadow across a variety of textures, the portrayal of the figure and other subject matter that reflects the sophistication and beauty I find in nature - all presented from a unique point of view - can only be successfully achieved with a sound command of the painter's craft... history will determine how successful I have been.”

“I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it.”

Ifs Looks Enough Use Subjects Students Color Colour Good Enough Advise

Author:Abe Ajay

“There is no superior person by constitutional standards. An applicant who is white is entitled to no advantage by reason of that fact, nor is he subject to any disability, no matter what his race or color. Whatever his race, an applicant has a constitutional right to have his application considered on its individual merits.”

Persons Matter Reason Facts Individual White Race Atheism Subjects Color Standards Advantage No Matter What Positive Atheism Superiors Merit Disability Application Entitled

Author:William O. Douglas

“In my paintings, the question on whether figures are similar or not is not of any importance, the slightest change of figure or color can create a new painting and it doesn't really matter if a subject is revisited by an artist repeatedly. With enough time in between paintings, an artist can always bring to it something new.”

Ifs Matter Enough Artist Subjects Figures Color Painting Importance Something New Enough Time

Author:Guity Novin

“Romantic Orientalism was fascinated by the color and excitement of a powerful culture, and nearly always approached its subject with love.”

Culture Powerful Subjects Color Excitement Fascinated Orientalism

Book:Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent Screen

Source: Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent Screen

“When I look at a wildlife or nature subject, I dont see the feathers in the wings, I just count the wings. I see exciting shapes, color combinations, patterns, textures, fascinating behavior and endless possibilities for making interesting pictures. I regard the picture as an ecosystem in which all the elements are interrelated, interdependent, perfectly balanced, without trimming or unutilized parts; and herein lies the lure of the painting; in a world of chaos, the picture is one small rectangle in which the artist can create an ordered universe.”

“Far too often scripts are being written with race in mind, but the subject matter doesn't lend itself to any conversation on race. I applaud Jesse [Zwick] for having the courage to say, this [About Alex] just a story about friends, and they could be anyone. There's no specific color that forces a relationship to be discussed in any other manner.”

Mind Matter Stories Force Race Written Subjects Color Conversation Scripts Alex Subject Matter

Author:Nate Parker

“In the first place, an unjust law exists in this Commonwealth, by which marriages between persons of different color is pronounced illegal. I am perfectly aware of the gross ridicule to which I may subject myself by alluding to this particular; but I have lived too long, and observed too much, to be disturbed by the world's mockery.”

World Firsts May Persons Long Different Law Too Much Subjects Particular Color Illegal Unjust Ridicule Gross Disturbed Mockery Commonwealth Different Colors Unjust Laws

Author:Lydia M. Child

“African rights and liberty is a subject that ought to fire the breast of every free man of color in these United States, and excite in his bosom a lively, deep, decided and heart-felt interest.”

Source: Maria W. Stewart, America's First Black Woman Political Writer: Essays and Speeches

“Esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, said good old Berkeley; but, according to most philosophers, he was wrong. Yet, obviously, there are things for which the adage holds. Perception, trivially, to begin with. If elements of conscious awareness--pains, tickles, feelings of heat and cold, sensory qualia of colors, sounds, and the like--have any existence, it must consist in their being perceived by a subject.... This shows, of course, that such experiences are epiphenomenal, at least with respect to the physical world.”

“Should I not be proud, when for twenty years I have had to admit to myself that the great Newton and all the mathematicians and noble calculators along with him were involved in a decisive error with respect to the doctrine of color, and that I among millions was the only one who knew what was right in this great subject of nature?”

Should Years Millions Subjects Color Proud Involved Twenties Errors Noble Doctrine Should I Mathematician Be Proud Newton Calculators

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“I think every painting should be the same size and the same color so they're all interchangeable and nobody thinks they have a better painting or a worse painting.... Besides even when the subject is different, people want the same painting.”

People Thinking Want Should Different Subjects Color Painting Size Different Peoples

Book:The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

“My favorite part about costume designing is the artistry of the job. You meet with a director and a visionary to discuss ideas. You research the characters and figure out the components of their look through your own vision. You create a color palette for a film, television or stage medium and discuss it with the director of photography who then lights your colored subjects.”

“Icons are also beautiful, with their luminous colors and gold leaf. On first glance, the subjects can seem flat, their poses artificial. But the wonder of the icons has to do with the relationship which develops between the panel and the viewer. Looking at an icon brings me a feeling of serenity; it's like a form of prayer. So I suppose in this sense, the icon is unsurpassed.”

Firsts Feelings Seems Beautiful Form Prayer Wonder Subjects Color Gold Flats Artificial Serenity Viewers Leafs Glances Icons Luminous

Author:Mary Pope Osborne

“These commonplace categories - wife, mother, housewife, teacher - are in fact teleological referents. They gesture to profound states of being that animate, absorb and saturate the subject, like indelible dyes spilled repeatedly over a plain fabric. No matter if the fabric is sturdy or delicate, translucent or opaque, those dyes will stain. They will color the days and years and life.”

Ifs Years Matter States Facts Mother Teacher Wife Subjects Color Profound Categories Delicate Gestures Fabric Commonplace Stains Housewife Sturdy Indelible Opaque Wife Mother

Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim

“The process of creating art allows me to learn about the subject I'm illustrating. So, if I want to learn more about plantation life and slavery, I try to find clients that will give me an opportunity to work on projects that will visualize those experiences of the enslaved African and people of color. I get to learn about my roots, and my artwork allows the reader into that world by creating images that are accessible.”

People Ifs World Want Giving Trying Art Opportunity Process Subjects Color Reader Projects Creating Roots Give Me Slavery Clients Artwork Plantations Creating Art Illustrating

Author:Jerry Pinkney

“When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.”

People Years Children Said Mother Dark Attitude Subjects Color Hair Healthy Years Ago Germany Homosexuality Open Minded Dark Hair

Author:Karl Lagerfeld

“The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none - not one - of his ideas about subject-matter, surface, color, composition, touch, scale, form, or skill is remotely original. They're all cliche and already told.”

World Art Ideas Matter Reason Form Subjects Color Skills Originals Surface Scales Composition Cliche Subject Matter Art World

Author:Jerry Saltz