“I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief.” ArtUseLightArtistBlackWhiteKnowingObjectsPaintingSkillsConvincedSupremeReliefShadeBlack And White Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“Women hock their jewels and their husbands' insurance policies to acquire an unaccustomed shade in hair or crêpe de chine. Why then is it that when anyone commits anything novel in the arts he should be always greeted by this same peevish howl of pain and surprise? One is led to suspect that the interest people show in these much talked of commodities, painting, music, and writing, cannot be very deep or very genuine when they so wince under an unexpected impact.” PeopleShouldWritingArtShowsPainArtistInterestNovelPolicyPaintingHairHusbandImpactSurpriseGenuineCommitAcquireUnexpectedSuspectsShadeCommodityJewelsNoveltyVery DeepHowlInsurance PolicyWince Author:John Dos Passos
“From the mingled strength of shade and light A new creation rises to my sight, Such heav'nly figures from his pencil flow, So warm with light his blended colors glow. . . . . The glowing portraits, fresh from life, that bring Home to our hearts the truth from which they spring.” HeartHomeLightFiguresCreationColorPaintingSpringFlowSightWarmShadePortraitsPencilsGlowingFigure Painting Author:Lord Byron
“The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the colour perfectly hamonized; it is true to life.” ThinkingMenLightPaintingFineIntellectualToneColourShadeAttainmentTrue Life Book:Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays Source: Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays
“I studied shades, textures by painting after the Old Masters, the classical European paintings, as part of my educational process.” ProcessPaintingMastersEducationalShadeTexture Author:Kehinde Wiley