Quotes by Light Let the light be called Day so that men may grow corn or take busses. Anne Sexton lightmaymen Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy. Anne Sullivan Macy innovationlightcreative Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark. Anne Sullivan Macy lightdarkfall January is my favorite month, when the light is plainest, least colored. And I like the feeling of beginnings. Anne Truitt monthslightfeelings If shadows were caused by the interplay between light and Life, a child's was still forming. An adult's was inextricably bound to his body, but a child had a tenuous relationship to his own permanence, and thus, his own shadow. Anne Ursu shadowlightchildren I like the idea of the object, the relic. And I see it as a time machine too or a device you plug into a socket that activates a sound and light show. Anne Waldman lightsoundideas Film can express things that computers never will. Film is a series of photographs separated by split seconds of darkness. Film is light and shadow. Annie Baker shadowlightdarkness Meditation means this opening out of the soul to the Divine and letting the Divine shine in without obstruction from the personal self. Therefore it means renunciation. It means throwing away everything that one has, and waiting empty for the light to come in. Annie Besant lightselfmean Purification is but the cleaning of the lamp-glass which hides the Light Annie Besant lampsglasseslight Living simply means concentrating on what's important in light of eternity. And not taking the rest of life too seriously. Annie Chapman lightsimplemean I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. It is possible, in deep space, to sail on solar wind. Light, be it particle or wave, has force: you can rig a giant sail and go. The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind. Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff Annie Dillard spacelightwind I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. Annie Dillard lightpathtrying We wake, if ever at all, to mystery. Annie Dillard lightprayerjoy Noticing and remembering everything would trap bright scenes to light and fill the blank and darkening past which was already piling up behind me. The growing size of that blank and ever-darkening past frightened me; it loomed beside me like a hole in the air and battened on scraps of my life I failed to claim. If one day I forgot to notice my life, and be damned grateful for it, the blank cave would suck me up entire. Annie Dillard gratefullightpast When I walk with a camera, I walk from shot to shot, reading the light on a calibrated meter. When I walk without a camera, my own shutter opens, and the moment's light prints on my own silver gut. When I see this second way I am above all an unscrupulous observer. Annie Dillard lightreadingsight Books swept me away, this way and that, one after the other; I made endless vows according to their lights for I believed them. Annie Dillard lightbookway I have since only rarely seen the tree with the lights in it. The vision comes and goes, mostly goes, but I live for it, for the moment when the mountains open and a new light roars in spate through the crack, and the mountains slam. Annie Dillard visionlighttree There is no such thing as an artist: there is only the world lit or unlit as the light allows. When the candle is burning, who looks at the wick? When the candle is out, who needs it? Annie Dillard lightartistneeds When I'm asked about my work, I try to explain that there is no mystery involved. It is work. But things happen all the time that are unexpected, uncontrolled, unexplainable, even magical. The work prepares you for that moment. Suddenly the clouds roll in and the soft light you longed for appears. Annie Leibovitz lightcloudstrying I think self-portraits are very difficult. I’ve always seen mine as straightforward, very stripped down, hair pulled back. No shirt. Whatever light happened to be available. I’d want it to be very graphic – about darkness and light. No one else should be there, but I’m scared to do it by myself. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. The whole idea of a self-portrait is strange. I’m so strongly linked to how I see through the camera that to get to the other side of it would be difficult. It would be as if I were taking a photograph in the dark. Annie Leibovitz lightdarkthinking«2122232425262728293031»
