perception Quotes

I'm very interested in language because it reflects our obsessions and ways of conceptualising the world.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition.

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.