“Sometimes the flats and churches and hotels of Westminster are like the outlines of Constantinople in a mist; sometimes the river is an opulent purple, sometimes mud-coloured, sometimes sparkling blue like the sea. It is always worth while to look down an see what is happening.”
—Virginia Woolf, Melymbrosia, 1912, published in 1982.
—Virginia Woolf, Melymbrosia, 1912, published in 1982.
“Reflective of the times, Pantone selected PANTONE 14-0848 Mimosa, a warm, engaging yellow, as the color of the year for 2009. So as we leave last year’s Blue Iris in our wake and face economic uncertainty, optimism is paramount and no other color expresses hope and reassurance more than yellow.”
—“Pantone Fashion Color Report Fall ’09”, from GD USA (Graphic Design USA), May 2009.
—“Pantone Fashion Color Report Fall ’09”, from GD USA (Graphic Design USA), May 2009.
“I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes . . . have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting.”
—Alfred Hitchcock, quoted by Patrick Merrell in Bird Brain-Teasers, 2008.
“The Hooded Pitohui of New Guinea possesses a very rare avian defense—poisonous feathers and skin. The bright orange and black bird doesn’t produce the toxin itself but is thought to acquire it from the beetles it eats.”
“LBJ is a term used by birders to refer to the countless number of similar-looking ‘little brown jobs.’ ”