quotations about light
Of all the marvelous creations of nature, none is more wonderful or more widely diffused than light.
ACTON
attributed, Day's Collacon
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
A Testament of Hope
Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer; for it prevents those disorders which other remedies sometimes cure, but sometimes confirm.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words
You may wonder why daylight is relevant to our modern building culture. Consider that human beings lived in close relationship to sunlight well into the 20th century. We woke to a reddish sunrise, spent the day in blueish light, with the peak intensity at midday, and fell asleep to the reddish sunset or the warm red glow of firelight. Given centuries of this primordial pattern, it's no coincidence that the shifts in color during the day regulate our physiology, at all scales, even at cellular levels.
ED CLARK & MARTY BRENNAN
"Why Light Matters: Designing with Circadian Health in Mind", Metropolis Mag, June 13, 2016
Light is the first phenomenon of the world.
STAN PLACE & BOBBI RAY MADRY
The Art and Science of Professional Makeup
It's not easy to be Light when you've been Dark. It's almost too much to ask anyone.
MARGARET STOHL
Beautiful Darkness