![[T]he diamond and other precious stones are focuses of light, and](/quote/diamond-other-precious-stones-focuses-light.jpg "[T]he diamond and other precious stones are focuses of light, and")
[T]he diamond and other precious stones are focuses of light, and essences of colour which seem expressly created to ornament on a small scale the human body with all the splendours which adorn the universe on a large scale. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875