Michael Graves

I used a kind of gray-green early on in my practice for painting steel, to make it look more like it had a kind of patina to it, like copper and bronze and so on. The color I used was a Benjamin Moore color called 2012. My then-young daughter started calling me 2012 - it was my nickname.

American Architect

Peter Zumthor

I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think of the patina of age on materials, of innumerable small scratches on surfaces, of varnish that has grown dull and brittle, and of edges polished by use.

Swiss Architect

Roger Stone

Bass Weejuns are the Cordovan black or brown penny loafers originally called Norwegian Loafers, hence their name. Worn without socks in the spring and summer, they must be kept to a high-gloss polish and should become burnished with wax over time until they have a fine patina.

American Politician

Ken Loach

Bath was dusty and a little shabby when we moved here. It did look its age and you felt its history in its streets and buildings and little alleyways. The sense of the past was palpable. There were some bad modern buildings but there was a patina of age.

English Director

Ernst Toller

After that I could never pass a dead man without stopping to gaze on his face, stripped by death of that earthly patina which masks the living soul. And I would ask, who were you? Where was your home? Who is mourning for you now?

German Playwright

Wesley Morris

Playboy' operated with a patina of civility that granted the average man a presumption of pleasure that went one way - his. And that permission flourished in the psyches of all kinds of men.

American Critic

Mike Bidlo

At the time that they were shown, the Brillo Boxes were underappreciated. It's only now, with the patina of history, that we can really see these masterpieces in a clear light.

American Artist

Antoine Arnault

A pair of Berluti shoes has this flair, these nuances in colour and patina, so I thought: 'What if we took this je ne sais quoi and turn it into a menswear brand?

French Businessman

Urs Fischer

Life is one long decay, no? There's a lot of beauty in it. Like the patina in an old city.

Swiss Artist

Patina refers to aging of metals, suggesting a natural, slow process, not sudden change.

Time Factor

Patina often implies a beauty or authenticity that comes with age, usually seen as valuable.

Positive Connotation

While color change is most noticeable, the concept also includes texture and overall appearance. 

Not Just Color

Patina can refer to more than physical surfaces, used metaphorically for characteristics gained over time.

Metaphorical Use

When applied metaphorically, patina suggests a subtle and complex development, not just aging.

Subtle Transformation

A patina on wood implies a history of human touch and maintenance, reflecting care.

Care and Use

Patina on furniture can't be rushed; it forms naturally and gradually, enhancing its story.

Natural Process

Patina is often associated with quality furnishings, suggesting durability and craftsmanship.

Sign of Quality

 or Istanbul, and their patina full of history. I see cities as living beings. And when I discover them from far above, I like to find those main streets and highways that structure their space. Especially at night, when commuters make these arteries look dramatically red and

What a driverless world...

 impeccable craftsmanship and an illustrious history but the prestige of these items can come at a high price other than money the worth of these daggers is often defined by the handle traditionally made from rhinoceros horn prized for the unique patina it exhibits

Knives of Honor PIPE...

 pulling water from a well and end it at midnight poised to beat a bucket with a stick and scare off wild boar that might mess with their potatoes, their only company a bit of homemade moonshine vodka. And there's a patina of simple defiance among them.

Holly Morris: Why stay...

 histah do you have a father and mother and and the children how can you authenticate that this is from the Roman period but that's a child with whom were all staring down at comicon the patina on it and I guess as

Protecting Ancient...

 Jacqueline patina from Bolivia and Malaya peanuts from the Philippines and I must say that this is an alias because of the danger of being a journalist and the Philippines we are not revealing her

Speaking out against...

 The frightened parochial lizard brain of Britain. That's personal. And it makes me miss "Downton Abbey" and its patina of civility. But therein lies the third don't mistake decorum for civility.

3 ways to practice...

 In 1941, the burnished patina of an all-American baseball glove inspired the founder of Coach to create a new collection of handbags from the same luxuriously soft gloved-hand leather.

Leslie T. Chang: The...

 found that the trace elements like strontium iron magnesium and other elements that are in the calcium carbonate they said exactly the same propulsions as in the patina in a Joe

King Solomon's Tablet PIPE...

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"He Saved My Life"...

 kind of almost deposited from from space there is something about that patina something has been an out in the wilderness their words colors have been