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Whether something 'has color' or not is as hard to define verbally as are such questions as, 'What is music?' or 'What is musical?


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I prefer to see with closed eyes.

I prefer to see with closed eyes.



Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.

Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.



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Every perception of color is an illusion, we do not see colors as they really are. In our perception they alter one another.



Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous.

Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous.



We never really perceive what color really is, as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.

We never really perceive what color really is, as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.



Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.



Color is like cooking. The cook puts in more or less salt, that's the difference!

Color is like cooking. The cook puts in more or less salt, that's the difference!



In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually.

In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually.



As we do not see squares in nature, I thought that it is man-made. But I have corrected myself. Because squares exist in salt crystals, our daily salt.

As we do not see squares in nature, I thought that it is man-made. But I have corrected myself. Because squares exist in salt crystals, our daily salt.



Learn to see and to feel life; that is, cultivate imagination, because there are still marvels in the world, because life is a mystery and always will be. But be aware of it.

Learn to see and to feel life; that is, cultivate imagination, because there are still marvels in the world, because life is a mystery and always will be. But be aware of it.





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Everything is in our cellular level. My mom's is definitely in my cellular memory.



If you have things and if you are a perfectionist, which I am, you have to really tend to them, and it takes energy away from other things.

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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.

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I want to do another reality show. It's based on The Mole. It's about sexually transmitted diseases. It's called "God, I Hope That's a Mole."

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