perception Quotes

We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

If I see an actor in a role that is really terrifying, no matter how many times I meet him socially, I'm still frightened of him. I think he's going to hit me.

In my mind, I always knew what my father looked like.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains.

It turns out our brain is sensitive, maybe too sensitive, to motion. It's a survival mechanism.

I think humans are just hard-wired to process people's faces and understand meaning and expression at such a more granular level than other types of communication.