Quotes by category:Light

Everything is shown up by being exposed to the light, and whatever is exposed to the light itself becomes light.

power-of-now exposed light

By the light of our insistent truths we wander into death by Edmond Jabes

By the light of our insistent truths we wander into death

Every time you create a gap in the stream of mind, the light of y... by Eckhart Tolle

Every time you create a gap in the stream of mind, the light of your consciousness grows stronger

stronger light mind

Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality. Rhythm might be described as, to the world of sound, what light is to the world of sight. It shapes and gives new meaning. Rhythm was described by Schopenhauer as melody deprived of its pitch.

light dream reality

No, he was no such charlatan-- by Edmund Clarence Stedman

No, he was no such charlatan--

Edmund Clarence Stedman

hoboken light gold

There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.

light mirrors happiness

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!

Edna St. Vincent Millay

light love night

Our hearts seemed safe in our breasts and sang to the Light The marrow in the bone We dreamed was safe. . . the blood in the veins, the sap in the tree Were springs of Deity.

light heart spring

Since thou wouldst needs, bewitched with some ill charms, Be buried in those monumental arms: As we can wish, is, may that earth lie light Upon thy tender limbs, and so good night.

good-night light lying

Who speaks of art speaks of poetry. There is not art without a poetic aim. There is a species of emotion particular to painting. There is an effect that results from a certain arrangement of colors, of lights, of shadows. It is this that one calls the music of painting

Edouard Vuillard

color light art

His kingdom come!" For this we pray in vain, by Edmund Waller

His kingdom come!" For this we pray in vain,

light kings wish

Was it the same light that enchanted the first photographers? It is the same, and it is still brand new - it is something that never wears out.

light photographer firsts

Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired.

retired light suffering

The principal person in a picture is light. by Edouard Manet

The principal person in a picture is light.

awe vision light

In a face, look for the main light and the main shadow; the rest will come naturally — it's often not important. And then you must cultivate your memory, because Nature will only provide you with references. Nature is like a warden in a lunatic asylum. It stops you from becoming banal.

shadow light memories

To man, that was in th' evening made, by Edmund Waller

To man, that was in th' evening made,

stars light men

The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, by Edmund Waller

The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,

light dark time

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. I loved light ever, light in eye and brain No tapers mirrored in long palace floors, Nor dedicated depths of silent aisles, But just the common dusty wind-blown day That roofs earth's millions.

Each person shines with his or her own light. No two flames are alike. There are big flames and little flames, flames of every color. Some people’s flames are so still they don’t even flicker in the wind, while others have wild flames that fill the air with sparks. Some foolish flames neither burn nor shed light, but others blaze with life so fiercely that you can’t look at them without blinking, and if you approach you shine in the fire.

Eduardo Galeano

Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.

light darkness doe