Colors add vibrancy to our lives and the world around us. Often they are symbolic, representing emotions, moods, ideas, or experiences. Many famous personalities have articulated their thoughts and feelings about colors in eloquent, profound, and sometimes humorous ways.
Here are 20 of the most popular quotes about color:
- “The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most.” – John Ruskin
- “Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.” – Oscar Wilde
- “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” – Rabindranath Tagore
- “In nature, light creates color. In the picture, color creates light.” – Hans Hofmann
- “Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No.” – Pablo Picasso
- “Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” – Wassily Kandinsky
- “Life is like a rainbow. You need both rain and sun to make its colors appear.” – Unknown
- “Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.” – Paul Klee
- “Life is art. Live yours in color.” – Unknown
- “Colors are the smiles of nature.” – Leigh Hunt
- “The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
- “In her mind are geometric landscapes blooming with color.” – Greg Newman
- “Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” – Claude Monet
- “Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.” – Hans Hofmann
- “Every color and every hue, is represented by me and you.” – K.Michelle
- “Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” – Pedro Calderon de la Barca
- “The best color in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.” – Coco Chanel
- “Color does not add a pleasant quality to design – it reinforces it.” – Pierre Bonnard
- “I prefer living in color.” – David Hockney
Colors are universal and a crucial part of our perceptions and experiences of the world. They influence our thoughts, evoke emotions, fuel creativity, and even shape our identities. These quotes inspire us to appreciate the colors in all their myriad forms, and to live our lives in vibrant technicolor.