perception Quotes

Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative, mental map, or intuitive theory. Disconnected facts in the mind are like unlinked pages on the Web: They might as well not exist.

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.

I've actually found the image of Silicon Valley as a hotbed of money-grubbing tech people to be pretty false, but maybe that's because the people I hang out with are all really engineers.

Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.