Famous quotes containing the word contrast:
“Happiness aint a thing in itselfits only a contrast with something that aint pleasant.... And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it aint happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
“In contrast to the flux and muddle of life, art is clarity and enduring presence. In the stream of life, few things are perceived clearly because few things stay put. Every mood or emotion is mixed or diluted by contrary and extraneous elements. The clarity of artthe precise evocation of mood in the novel, or of summer twilight in a paintingis like waking to a bright landscape after a long fitful slumber, or the fragrance of chicken soup after a week of head cold.”
—Yi-Fu Tuan (b. 1930)
“In contrast with envy, which usually occurs between two people and is focused upon another persons qualities or possessions, jealousy occurs when a third person becomes a threat to a dyad. Jealousy involves the loss or the impending loss of a relationship that one wants to hold onto, a relationship that is vital to personal fulfillment and claimed as ones own.”
—Carol S. Becker (b. 1942)