“Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object enveloped in sunlight and atmosphere, with the blue dome of Heaven reflected in the shadows.” ThinkingHeavenObjectsOughtShadowTestsBluePaintAtmosphereIsolatedSunlightTubesDomes Book:Monet: a retrospective Source: Monet: a retrospective
“I don't pretend to any exemption from the general lot of parental delusion-I mean that like most other parents I see my child through an atmosphere which illuminates, magnifies, and at the same time refines the object to a degree that amounts to a delusion.” MeanChildrenParentObjectsAmountDegreesAtmosphereMy ChildrenDelusionParentalExemption Book:Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge Source: Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge
“My brothers and sister and I were brought up in an atmosphere which I would describe as 'Puritan decadence'. Puritanism names the behaviour which is condemned; Puritan decadence regards the name itself as indecent, and pretends that the object behind that name does not exist until it is named.” DoeNamesBehindsObjectsBrotherRegardAtmosphereMy BrotherBehaviourBrothers And SistersDecadencePuritanPuritanism Author:Stephen Spender
“Only imagination and belief can differentiate from the rest certain objects, certain people, and can create an atmosphere.” PeopleCertainBeliefImaginationObjectsAtmosphereDifferentiate Book:In Search of Lost Time: Or Source: In Search of Lost Time: Or
“Decorating is like music. Harmony is what we constantly strive for. At home, we want a peaceful atmosphere where the objects are the notes and nothing is off-key.” WantHomeDesignObjectsKeysHarmonyNotesStrivePeacefulAtmosphereInterior DesignDecorating Author:Charlotte Moss