Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968) Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, the first human in space
Statement of April 1961, as quoted in Warrior of Light : The Life of Nicholas Roerich : Artist, Himalayan explorer and visionary (2002) by Colleen Messina, p. 46
“The atmosphere is blue by reason of the darkness above it because black and white make blue.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), VII On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure
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That fancy doth it beauty make.”
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Everything About It Is a Love Song
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Context: I shoot a thought into the future, and it flies like an arrow, through my lifetime. And beyond.
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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), VII On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure
“Black A, white E, red I, green U, blue O: vowels,
Someday I shall recount your latent births.”
Arthur Rimbaud book Vowels
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“The mirrors in the room go black and blue”
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