Emeralds

Pablo Picasso Painter, Sculptor

"They'll sell you thousands of greens. Veronese green and emerald green and cadmium green and any sort of green you like; but that particular green, never."

Marcus Aurelius Philosopher, Emperor

"Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emerald, and keep my color."

Patti Smith Musician

"I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés."