Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell
The Sea, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“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
“O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea,
Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free”
Canto I, stanza 1.
The Corsair (1814)
Context: O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea,
Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,
Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, 22
Survey our empire, and behold our home!
These are our realms, no limit to their sway,—
Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey.
“The sea! the sea! the open sea!
The blue, the fresh, the ever free!”
The Sea, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
As quoted in Earth's Aura (1977) by Louise B. Young
Context: What beauty. I saw clouds and their light shadows on the distant dear earth.... The water looked like darkish, slightly gleaming spots.... When I watched the horizon, I saw the abrupt, contrasting transition from the earth's light-colored surface to the absolutely black sky. I enjoyed the rich color spectrum of the earth. It is surrounded by a light blue aureole that gradually darkens, becoming turquiose, dark blue, violet, and finally coal black.
as quoted in Wassily Kandinsky: Life and Work, Will Grohmann. H. N. Abrams, 1958 p. 78
1920 - 1930
