“White must be the lightest color in a picture.”
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein
“Imagine someone pointing to a place in the iris of a Rembrandt eye and saying, ‘The walls of my room should be painted this color.’”
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein
“Some of us come on earth seeing – some of us come on earth seeing color.”
Louise Nevelson
“I fell in love with black; it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color… Black is the most aristocratic color of all… You can be quiet, and it contains the whole thing.”
Louise Nevelson
“I always lay out my color in the same way so I don’t have to stop and search for the color I want. I by other colors.”
Linda Blondheimpress the paint out in long ribbons rather than blobs. It keeps the paint cleaner and less contaminated
“I’m intrigued that one can recognize different parts of the world solely by the particular color of the water.”
Leonard Mizerek
“It seems obvious that colors vary according to lights, because when any color is placed in the shade, it appears to be different from the same color which is located in light. Shade makes color dark, whereas light makes color bright where it strikes.”
Leon Battista Alberti
“Nowhere in nature can you find purer color than sunlight passing through the petal of a flower.”
Larry K. Stephenson
“A variation of edges, along with the proper value, allows the artist to draw attention to or away from different areas of the painting… Likewise, use of color draws attention to an area…”
Kenn Backhaus
“Color is the language of the poets. It is astonishingly lovely. To speak it is a privilege.”
Keith Crown







