Oprah Winfrey

My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.

American Entertainer

Francis Ford Coppola

That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying to illuminate modern life, trying to understand life.

American Director

Alice Walker

On a spiritual level, it's as though with my sighted eye I see what's before me, and with my unsighted eye I see what's hidden. It's illuminated life more than darkened it.

American Author

Will Smith

I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable.

American Actor

James Baldwin

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.

American Novelist

Thomas Aquinas

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

Italian Theologian

Louis Pasteur

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.

French Scientist

Viola Davis

Acting is not rocket science, but it is an art form. What you are doing is illuminating humanity. Or not.

American Actress

Harvey Fierstein

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

Faith Salie

American Journalist

Used when talking about actual light shining on objects.

Literal Brightness

To make something visible or prominent with light.

Visibility Increase

Highlighting an area to draw attention or interest.

Seeking Attention

Making a difficult subject clear with a thorough explanation.

Clarity in Explanation

To shed light on a topic means to enhance one's understanding of it.

Revealing Understanding

Often used during special events to describe decorative lighting.

Festivity Highlight

Lights can change the ambience or perception of a place.

Transformative Effect

Describes how daylight or natural light sources brighten up an area.

Natural Lighting

Use to describe dramatic lighting in nature or in art.

Dramatic Backdrop

Refers to adding visual details to texts or objects in history.

Historical Decoration

Understanding that this use of 'illuminate' is linked to historical art forms.

Cultural Artifacts

 And his work illuminated for me what the molecular world inside us is like. So this is a transection through blood. In the top left-hand corner, you've got this yellow-green area. The yellow-green area is the fluid of blood, which is mostly water, but it's also antibodies, sugars, hormones, that kind of thing.

Drew Berry: Animations...

 It may be that the size of strongly electric fish allows them to withstand their own shocks, or that the current passes out of their bodies too quickly. Some scientists think that special proteins may shield the electric organs, but the truth is, this is one mystery science still hasn't illuminated.

How do fish make...

 underneath the reservoir, illuminating with light in the ultraviolet region. Now, the key is that this window in the bottom of this reservoir, it's a composite, it's a very special window. It's not only transparent to light but it's permeable to oxygen. It's got characteristics like a contact lens.

What if 3D printing was...

 in the face of what was often a xenophobic and narrow-minded public. As a poet, Apollinaire was passionate about all forms of art and a connoisseur of medieval literature, especially calligraphy and illuminated initials. As a visionary, Apollinaire saw a gap between two artistic institutions.

The poet who painted...

 But the painting obscures their struggle to provide food for their household. Even the monarch's advanced age is concealed through the blurring of the mirror. What we do see in the geometric center of the canvas, brightly illuminated by the light from the window,

Why is this painting so...

 which is really characteristic and it's basically this fleshy lump which has lots of bacteria in it, which is able to illuminate and then that attracts in all their prey and they're able to eat it with their incredibly wide mouths.

Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...

 that's quite awkward and uncomfortable to discuss; empower a whole front line, namely friends, to help; and, in the process, improve all of our ability to love better. To do this, it's always important to start by illuminating

The difference between...

 or revealing the path of critical molecules. Scientists have used the glow of GFP to watch cancer cells proliferate, track the development of Alzheimer's, and illuminate countless other biological processes.

Jellyfish predate...

 that's what it's like for people so the counterintuitive point that I want to illuminate today is that you can actually be one of the most generous

How to take a compliment...

 diaphanous creatures time jellies squids silvery fish creatures that illuminate the deep-sea darkness with their own living white

Illuminate