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'Begin with ultramarine, the blue that means beyond the sea. A hunk of lapis lazuli cleaved from a winter cave and ground to a brilliant powder. Or the lead white cured in vinegar-and-manure vapours, or the melting of mercury and sulphur to make vermillion. By the time he daubs those first pigments onto the canvas, a dozen excavations and combustions leave his badger brush.' (Introduction)
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