Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, December 28, 1920

There is this difference between winter and summer – In summer light always seems to come from above, no matter whether the day is cloudy or clear, but in the winter the sky closes in like a heavy curtain, and the only source of light is the snow – So summer attains the sacredness of falling light, while winter achieves an evil sort of mystery when all things seem to glower at the earth.

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, December 28, 1920