“I have likewise made many 'skies' and effects - for I wish it could be said of me as Fuselli says of Rembrandt, 'he followed nature in her calmest abodes and could pluck a flower on every hedge - yet he was born to cast a steadfast eye on the bolder phenomena of nature'... We have had noble clouds & effects of light & dark & color.” MadeSaidLightEyeWishBornDarkSkyEffectsColorFlowerCloudsCastsNobleSteadfastPluckAbodeLight DarkDark Colors Book:John Constable's Correspondence Source: John Constable's Correspondence
“So you grow up with those messages, "You're a failure, you embarrass me, that's why I dress you in dark colors etc." or even when parents commit suicide, the child may think they were a failure as a child causing that. The majority of those people who weren't loved turn to drugs and alcohol and suicide.” PeopleThinkingMayChildrenTurnsGrowsParentDarkGrowing UpColorDrugMessagesDressesSuicideMajorityAlcoholCommitEtcDrugs And AlcoholDark Colors Author:Bernie Siegel
“We created this journey [in the Begin], sonically, that people can really wrap their heads around and live with and get to know us a little bit more. The dark colors, the light colors, our up-tempos, and our down-dreamy stuff.” PeopleKnowsLittlesLightStuffBitsDarkJourneyColorLittle BitWrapsTempoDreamyDark Colors Author:Jillian Hervey
“It's not the content of our dreams that gives our second heart its dark color; it's the thoughts that go through our heads in those wakeful moments when sleep won't come. And those are the things we never tell anyone at all.” GivingHeartMomentsDreamDarkSleepColorOur DreamsDark Colors Book:The Dogs of Babel Source: The Dogs of Babel
“You should be thankful that dark colors suit you. Not everyone wears black well." "Why, Lady Olivia, is that a compliment?" "Not so much as a compliment to you as an insult to everyone else," she assured him. "Thanks heaven for that. I don't think I would know how to conduct myself in a world in which you offered compliments.” ThinkingKnowsWorldShouldWellsHeavenBlackDarkKnow HowColorSuitsThanksInsultComplimentAssuredBeing ThankfulSuits YouOliviaDark Colors Author:Julia Quinn
“Jem leaned closer against the chair, staring into the fire. “Better it were my hands,” he said. Will shook his head. Exhaustion was muting the edges of everything in the room, blurring the flocked wallpaper into a single mass of dark color. “No. Not your hands. You need your hands for the violin. What do I need mine for?” NeedsSaidHandsDarkRoomsFireMinesColorMassEdgesStaringChairsViolinExhaustionJemDark Colors Book:Clockwork Princess Source: Clockwork Princess
“The unpadded shoulders, the three-buttoned long and boxy coat, the too-short, thin pants, and the thin ties with striped buttoned shirts in dark colors-well, I suppose this may go very well with some personalities but it's not for me. To me, all such look like TV producers. Maybe they want to.” WantWellsLooksMayLongThreeDarkColorTvsPersonalityShouldersProducersShirtsTiesPantsCoatsToo ShortDark Colors Author:Fred Astaire
“I'm very into dark colors. I try to rock the dark against the ghost white skin as much as humanly possible.” TryingDarkWhiteRocksColorSkinsGhostWhite SkinDark Colors Author:Vanessa Marano
“Ten properties of an object, according to Leonardo: light and dark, color and substance, form and position, distance and nearness, movement and stillness.” LightFormDarkMovementPositionObjectsColorTenDistancePropertySubstanceStillnessLight And DarkLeonardoDark Colors Author:Robert Bresson
“Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.” PeopleBlackDarkColorFindingsTrendsShadeGreyNavyGreat PeopleMomentaryDark Colors Author:Ozwald Boateng