“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.” GivingEyeFeltCausesSubjectsColorMastersBirthThousandEnchantedGiving Birth Author:Washington Allston
“... ideals, standards, aspirations,--those are chameleon words, and take color from their speakers,--often false tints. A scholarly man of my acquaintance once told me that he traveled a thousand miles into the desert to get away from the word uplift, and it was the first word he heard after he reached his destination.” MenFirstsHeardColorThousandStandardsIdealsMilesUpliftingDesertAspirationGet AwayDestinationSpeakersTraveledAcquaintanceThousand MilesChameleonScholarly Book:The Rest of My Life Source: The Rest of My Life
“I see people getting so caught up in celebrating diversity that they are neglecting their commonality. I don't see this as a good thing. The Chinese culture has survived for more than five thousand years in part because the Chinese have embraced the same language and culture. I hope I am wrong about this, and that the flame is still on beneath the great American melting pot. Americans need each other, and a house divided, no matter the color of its occupants, is still divided. And divided we all fall.” PeopleNeedsYearsStillsMatterFallCultureHouseLanguageFiveColorThousandDiversityGood ThingsCaughtCelebrateChineseFlamesNeglectPotDividedThousand YearsSurvivedCaught UpMeltingGreat AmericanMelting PotCommonalityChinese CultureHouse DividedCelebrating Diversity Author:Richard Paul Evans