Light Quotes

“The sun is the great sculptor of buildings.”

“Light to me is perhaps the most profound truth in the universe.”

“Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.”

“Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.”

“I see the body as a glowing source of light.”

“The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building.”

“I paint the light which comes from all bodies.”

“Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.”

“As on my bed at dawn I mused and prayed, I saw my lattice prankt upon the wall.”

“I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight.”

“The light which we have is that which we give.”

“In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.”

“We are born of light. The seasons are felt through light. We only know the world as it is evoked by light.”

“It is the luminous vibration itself which is fixed on the sensitive layer, so as to form there a persistent mold.”

“The principal person in a picture is the light.”

“The spirit is the light of the body. The sun is the light of the world.”

“Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult: the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight.”

“Light in Nature creates the movement of colors.”

“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.”

“There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.”