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“To express the love of two lovers by a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of Kindred tones. To express the thought of a brow by the radiance of light tone against a somber background; to express hope by some star, the eagerness of a soul by a sunset radiance.”

“An artist finds his happiest combination in a play of complementary colors. They are direct contrasts yet do not jar; they awaken the beholder, but do not disturb him.”

Play Artist Color Direct Combination Contrast Jars Beholder Complementary Complementary Colors

Author:Charles E. Burchfield

“I am always in the hope to express the love of two lovers by a marriage of two complementary colors - colors which marry each other... complement each other as a man and a woman do.”

Men Two Color Lovers Complement Complementary Two Lovers Complementary Colors

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.”

Life Color Lovers Opposites Neighbor Complete Opposites Colors Of Life Neighbors And Friends Complementary Colors

Author:Marc Chagall

“There is indeed no such thing in life as absolute darkness; one's eyes revolt and hasten to fill the vacuum by floating in sparks, dream patterns, figures whimsical and figures grotesque, shifting and clad in complementary colors, to appease the indignant cups and rods of the retina.”

Source: The Romance of the Commonplace

“What I most cherish is the observation of the movement of colors. Only in this have I found the laws of those simultaneous and complementary color contrasts that nourish the actual rhythm of my vision. In this I find the actual essence, an essence which is not born out of an a priori system or theory.”

Law Found Born Vision Movement Color Theory Essence Observation Rhythm Cherish Contrast Complementary Simultaneous Complementary Colors

Author:August Macke

“There are colors which cause each other to shine brilliantly, which form a couple which complete each other like man and woman.”

Men Form Causes Color Couple Men And Women Shining Complementary Colors

Book:Van Gogh's Gardens

Source: Van Gogh's Gardens

“To express a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of kindred tones.”

Two Color Mysterious Tone Opposition Vibrations Kindred Complementary Mingling Complementary Colors

Book:The Pursuit of Spiritual Wisdom: The Thought and Art of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin

Source: The Pursuit of Spiritual Wisdom: The Thought and Art of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin