Quotes About Light

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

Painting is by nature a luminous language.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.

In the hands of a master, light and shade is one of the great qualities of art.

Thou art the Sun of other days. They shine by giving back the rays.

Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny.

The brilliance of morning is in sharp contrast with the darkness of night" - Woman thou art loosed

Colors are light's suffering and joy

Art is always subject to change in a moment by somebody who's strong enough to shed new light on it.

I have always been a nomad and I have mastered the art of packing! I always say: pack lightly, live lightly.

Colors are the deeds/ and sufferings of light.

Enemies of art are the opposite of the Sun; they emit darkness instead of light!

One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.

If you don't have shadows, you're not in the light.

I'm pretty much looking for beauty all the time. It just seems like some days the light is better to see it.

Perhaps what matters is not the human pain or joy at all but, rather, the play of shadow and light on a live body, the harmony of trifles assembled...in a unique and inimitable way.

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light.

Take lights and deform them as brutally as you can.

My art is an act of creation and destruction, with all the sorrow and joy these engender as well as all the shadow and light these contain.

When you step from the wings onto the stage you go from total blackness to a blinding hot glare. After a moment you adjust, but there is that moment. like being inside lightning.

Keep the warmth of the sun in your heart.

Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.