Anthony Browne Quotes

Anytime I float by a window, I can tell whether the outside is lit or if it's dark outside. When we're working it's just day for us with the lights on inside.

I'm a big believer of daylight in the studio.

I have not much love for the bright lights - unless it's the sun creeping up over the horizon.

A room is not a room without natural light.

I did not want windows, only skylights. I chose my painting wall as it has the best morning light.

My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.

We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a single 100 watt light bulb.

Daylight reveals color; artificial light drains it.

It's all about the light. Always face it, because that's how you give your face good angles. If you're outside when the sun is overhead, you're going to have dark circles from the sun creating shadows on your face. So no outdoor pictures between 12 and two!

Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one's business; and ... it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.

And I should mention the light which falls through the big windows this time of day italicizing everything it touches.

The light in the world comes principally from two sources,-the sun, and the student's lamp.

Daylight is nobody's friend. God comes in like a landlord and flashes on his brassy lamp.

I hate when the sun is high and there are no shadows. If I could do super high-budget movies, I would only shoot when the sun starts to get low - but you can't just shoot for four hours every day.

The sun shines upon all alike.

It's nice to film in somewhere that you actually love being. Usually, you're in a studio for months on end, and you never see any daylight, so you really make the most of it.

I like having a lot of sunlight because it helps me wake up. And I don't get depressed in winter.

Sculpture is an art of the open air. Daylight, sunlight, is necessary to it, and for me, its best setting and complement is nature.

I like sitting close to windows.

It often happens that you leave your house in the dark, shoot on a sound stage without natural lighting, and then go home in the dark. A whole week can go past, and it can feel like 12 hours.

I really just like to be at a desk.

There's a reason why Europeans take siesta in the middle of the day. It's not just because it's hot, but because it doesn't feel good to be outside or look at light when it's coming straight down overhead.

I can't live in a room without a window.

Mid-morning is a good time for selfies because of the natural light.

I believe in naturalistic lighting, which isn't to say natural light.