“But there still must be a way to have our children say…
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one."”
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Flowers are Red
Song lyrics, Living Room Suite (1978)
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Josef Albers (1888–1976) German-American artist and educator
Homage to the square' (1964), Oral history interview with Josef Albers' (1968)
“Many colors blend into one.”
Color est e pluribus unus.
Virgil (-70–-19 BC) Ancient Roman poet
Appendix Virgiliana, Moretum 102.
Compare: E pluribus unum ("Out of many, one"), motto on the Great Seal of the United States.
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Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695) Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher
Quam mirabilis igitur, quamque stupenda mundi amplitudo, & magnificentia jam mente concipienda est. Tot Soles, tot Terrae atque harum unaquaeque tot herbis, arboribus, animalibus, tot maribus, montibusque exornata. Et erit etiam unde augeatur admiratio, si quis ea quae de fixarum Stellarum distantia, & multitudine hisce addimus, pependerit. <br class="br"> Book 2 http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/huygens/huygens_ct_en.htm, pp. 150-151 <br class="br">Cosmotheoros (1695; publ. 1698)
Paul Gabriël (1828–1903) painter (1828-1903)
translation from the Dutch original: Fons Heijnsbroek <br class="br">version in original Dutch / citaat van Paul Gabriël, in Nederlands: Amice, Wees zoo goed, indien het niet te laat is, de titel 'l'Aprês-Midi' ['Namiddag' titel van een ingezonden werk voor een expositie] uit te schrabben en eenvoudig maar Paysage te zetten om den eenvoudige reden.. ..daar ik het moment genomen heb [in het werkje] dat de zon begint te kleuren en (sic) doordien er damp is - door velen voor een morgen aangezien zal worden. Mauve zal een anderen aquarelle zenden.. <br class="br">Quote of Gabriël, in his letter to Henry Hymans (Secr. de Societé des Aquarellistes Bruxelles, from Schaerbeek 14 April, 1867; taken from an excerpt in the Collection RKD: Letters, Manuscripts and small Archives https://rkd.nl/explore/excerpts/158, The Hague <br class="br">1860's + 1870's
Ono no Komachi (825–900) Japanese poet
Source: Helen Craig McCullough's translations, Kokin Wakashū: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry (1985), p. 174