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Quotes About the Color Black

Quote by Edouard Manet (1832-1883), French Realist and Impressionist painter, "Black is not a color."

Painting credit: Edouard Manet Public Domain, Quote about black by Edouard Manet (1832-1883), French Realist and Impressionist painter.

Quote by Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), an American painter recognized as the "Mother of American Modernism, "There's something about black. You feel hidden away in it."

Photo credit: Alfred Stieglitz Public Domain Quote about black by Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), an American painter recognized as the "Mother of American Modernism.

“Any color, so long as it’s black.”-Attributed to Henry Ford

Photo credit: New York [CC0]; Attributed to Henry Ford 91863–1947), Founder of the Ford Motor Company.

"Black is such a happy color darling."-Morticia Addams

Photo ofThe original Morticia Addams played by Carolyn Jones Fair Use; Quote about black by Morticia Addams, Fictional character from The Addams Family comic strip, 1960s television show and 1990s film

Fernand Cormon (1845-1924), French Historical painter, "What, you haven't any ivory-black on your palette? If you think you are going to make black with blue and red, I can't have you in my class. You might stir up trouble with such ideas."

Painting credit: Fernand Cormon, Public domain; Quote by Fernand Cormon (1845-1924), a French Historical painter.

Black is a color of power and strength, and to see all those players, with the captains linking their arms in front-it’s a powerful picture.

Hayden Fry, American coach, b. 1929

Quote by Minnie Pearl (1912-1996), American Country comedian (As recounted by singer Amy Grant). "Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real."

Denny-Moeller Talent, Inc. (management company), Public domain; Quote about black by Minnie Pearl (1912-1996), American Country comedian (As recounted by singer Amy Grant).

Black is real sensation, even if it is produced by entire absence of light. The sensation of black is distinctly different from the lack of all sensation.

Hermann von Helmhoz German physician and physicist, 1821-1894

There is an undeniable virtue to a true black; allowing the brain to be mesmerized and pulling the pupils deep into that unfound but sensed abyss.

Jamie Lavin, American artist

Quote by Wednesday Addams, fictional characteroriginally played by Lisa Loring in The Addams Family 60s television show, "I'll stop wearing black when they invent a darker color."

Photo credit: ABC Television, Public domain; Quote about black by Wednesday Addams, fictional characteroriginally played by Lisa Loring in The Addams Family 60s television show

Black is like a broken vessel, which is deprived of the capacity to contain anything.

Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian polymath and painter, 1452-1519

I fell in love with black; it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color…Black is the most aristocratic color of all… You can be quiet, and it contains the whole thing.”

Louise Nevelson, an American sculptor, 1899-1988

Black seems to make a color cloudy, but darkness doesn’t. A ruby could thus keep getting darker without ever becoming cloudy; but if it became blackish red, it would become cloudy.

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher, 1889-1951

Quote by Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008), French fashion designer, regarded as one of the greatest names in fashion history, "I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke."

Photo credit: Bazaar 1968 Yves Saint Laurent dress; Quote by Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008), French fashion designer, regarded as one of the greatest names in fashion history.