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I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where languag

I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it’s at its most powerful. – A.S. Byatt

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Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons. – Al Hirschfeld

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I never use colors. Black and white are all I need. Most of my clothes are black and white, too. I suppose the most flamboyant color in my wardrobe is dark brown. – Leonard Baskin (1922–2000)

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Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. Rumors circulate around the schoolyard: kids who draw or wear white socks and bring violins to school on Wednesdays might have cooties. I confess to having yielded to these pressures. – Chris Van Allsburg

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Biographical sketch, in fugitive crayons, of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford – John Pinkerton, 1799

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