"The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it."

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"The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it."

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"Thank you for allowing me to use colors as rich and deep as you please. I had always wanted to do so, yet was never allowed because of the color capabilities of our lithographers. Now that I have done it, I don't think I'll ever go back."

Maxfield Parrish, American Artist

Colors, Deep, Now

"Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions."

Thomas Couture, French Artist

Colors, Connection, Originality

"Color is a very critical thing. I've found that architects don't like colors. Engineers too. And so somebody has to stand in. Because this is the finish of it. It is the emotional part of a structure. I had great satisfaction in doing that."

John Hench, American Artist

Colors, Satisfaction

"The colors I choose there was to paint the first hotel, the Disneyland Hotel. Because of the cloudy sky we had in Paris, it had to be a particular kind of color who will fight those grey days. And also something you can see when you're driving up 'There it is! We're arriving!'"

John Hench, American Artist

Colors, Driving, Fight, First

"I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

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"You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face."

Daisy Ashford, English Writer

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"My Panasonic typewriter can make graphs. It types in four different colors."

Heather O'Rourke, American Actress

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"Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Colors, Existence

"And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me."

Black Elk, American Leader

Colors, Understanding

"Some colors are very difficult to render, and you must compensate to get the color you want on the screen."

Claude Chabrol, French Director

Colors, Want

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"Thank you for allowing me to use colors as rich and deep as you please. I had always wanted to do so, yet was never allowed because of the color capabilities of our lithographers. Now that I have done it, I don't think I'll ever go back."

"Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions."

"Color is a very critical thing. I've found that architects don't like colors. Engineers too. And so somebody has to stand in. Because this is the finish of it. It is the emotional part of a structure. I had great satisfaction in doing that."

"The colors I choose there was to paint the first hotel, the Disneyland Hotel. Because of the cloudy sky we had in Paris, it had to be a particular kind of color who will fight those grey days. And also something you can see when you're driving up 'There it is! We're arriving!'"

"I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice."

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"Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence."

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"Some colors are very difficult to render, and you must compensate to get the color you want on the screen."

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"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

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