Visual Delight Quotes

A street in Constantinople is a picture which one ought to see once-not oftener.

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.

It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.

But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is a considerable experience.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

There is something of the same pleasure in noticing the hues of the stars that there is in looking at a flower garden in autumn.

Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this: it is the capture and projection of the delights of seeing; it is the defining of observation full and felt.

I really love color.

Every second is mapped out and he has this total childish fascination with color and shapes and sequences.

A Richard Linklater set is truly Eden.

First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.

Beautiful jewelry, a beautiful room - that's what museums are - a beautiful painting, a beautiful face, it makes you feel good to look at, and that's a beautiful thing.

You’ve gotta taste the light, like my friend and fellow shooter Chip Maury says. And when you see light like this, trust me, it’s like a strawberry sundae with sprinkles.

There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last

Among the several kinds of beauty, the eye takes most delight in colors.

The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.

Joanna Priestley’s amazing body of animated films have deservedly earned their place in the pantheon of contemporary international animators. Inventively visioned, superbly crafted, and rich with insight into the physical and spiritual dilemmas that confront us all, each new work provides an unexpected pleasure.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

The purpose of art is always, ultimately, to give pleasure - though our sensibilities may take time to catch up with the forms of pleasure that art in a given time may offer.

A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy. Rumer Godden found in Power of Simple Living by Ellyn Sanna

A bookcase is as good as a view, as much of a panorama as the sight of a city or a river. There are dawns and sunsets in books - storms and zephyrs.

Picture and sculpture are the celebrations and festivities of form.

Watching people move to nice music is very pleasant.