“Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that express the artist's thought.” ArtArtistLinesColorDrawingSymbolsTonePlasticGraphicFormationCornerstonesCoordination Author:John French Sloan
“The American spring is like the country itself: abundant, rich, flowing over you like a full tide. ... Azaleas were suddenly ablaze. White dogwoods stood like brides in the wood - these trees of all colors were new to me; one does not meet them in Europe, and dogwood cannot even be transplanted to other continents. White and pink magnolias, yellowish rhododendrons, all of them lived happily side by side with our ordinary lilacs and lilies of the valley - the Russian symbols of spring.” DoeCountrySidesWhiteRichTreeColorSpringOrdinaryEuropeWoodsSymbolsOver YouValleysTidesContinentsBridesLiliesLilacMagnoliasAzaleas Author:Svetlana Alliluyeva
“Now each one of us, black or white, is a symbol. The war is out in the open and the skin color is a uniform. All the deep and basic similarities of the human condition are forgotten so that we can exaggerate the few differences that exist.” HumansWarBlackDifferencesWhiteConditionsColorSkinsForgottenSymbolsHuman ConditionUniformsSimilaritySkin ColorBlack Or White Author:John D. MacDonald
“The best engineer a few decades ago was someone who could create the most beautiful beam or structure; today it's to do a structure you cannot see or understand how it's done. It disappears and you can talk only about color, symbols, and light. It's an aesthetic of miracle.” DoneLightTodayBeautifulColorMiracleStructureDisappearDecadesSymbolsAestheticEngineersBeam Author:Jean Nouvel
“Pictures, abstract symbols, materials, and colors are among the ingredients with which a designer or engineer works. To design is to discover relationships and to make arrangements and rearrangements among these ingredients.” DesignColorMaterialsSymbolsAbstractDesignerIngredientsEngineersArrangements Author:Paul Rand