Blue is the colour of the clear sky and the deep sea. On the optical spectrum, blue is located between violet and green.
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Famous quotes containing the word blue:
“Tom-tom, c’est moi. The blue guitar
And I are one.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Sometimes we see a cloud that’s dragonish,
A vapor sometimes like a bear or lion,
A towered citadel, a pendant rock,
A forked mountain, or blue promontory
With trees upon ‘t that nod unto the world
And mock our eyes with air. Thou hast seen these signs;
They are black vesper’s pageants.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Debussy—A pretty girl with one blue eye and one brown one.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)