“Don’t order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don’t know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond.”
George Bernard Shaw Irish born [...]
“Don’t order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don’t know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division
“All colours will agree in the dark.”
Francis Bacon
Irish-born British painter, 28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992
“What, you haven’t any ivory-black on your palette? If you think you are going to make black with blue and red, I can’t have you in my class. You might stir up trouble with such ideas.” Fernand Cormon French Painter (December 24,
“The artist, busy and unsettled, can find a moment’s peace – and even whole-being rejuvenation – by quietly attuning to a red sky, a gray sky, a black sky, a blue sky.”
Eric Maisel
San Francisco-based Creativity Coach for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians
Julie just put up a post talking about this month’s Domino magazine profile of J.Crew’s creative director Jenna Lyons and the creative direction she took with her walls. See the post on Live In Full Color…
“How do you paint yellow wheat against a yellow sky? You paint it jet black.” Ben Shahn See all quotes about color…
“Black is a color of power and strength, and to see all those players, with the captains linking their arms in front-it’s a powerful picture.” Hayden Fry
“At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat” Winston Spencer Churchill
U.S. News reports that “People who own emerald green automobiles…have the most positive attitude about the course of their own lives. Dark blue and silver are other colors chosen by upbeat people.”
The article goes on to say that, “Red supposedly connotes an aggressive, high-speed personality, while yellow, theoretically, is for folks with sunny dispositions. But [...]
