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F.W. Bourdillon1 quote
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one. — F.W. Bourdillon · 1878Georges Braque1 quote
Light is a delicate thing. — Georges BraqueLouis Daguerre1 quote
I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight! — Louis Daguerre · 1825Tacita Dean1 quote
Learning that color is a fiction of light is one of the primary shocks of growing up: that this hitherto deeply physical thing is just a reflection and that nothing can keep its color under the cover of darkness, are monstrous things to understand, even for my adult mind. — Tacita DeanThomas Fuller (churchman)1 quote
Light (God's eldest daughter), is a principal beauty in a building. — Thomas Fuller (churchman) · 1642