Quotes about Perception

a man does not cry because he is sad, he is sad because he cries

In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides.

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.

I want to reach that state of condensation of sensations which constitutes a picture.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul

The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function of the artist is not to translate an observation but to express the shock of the object on his nature; the shock, with the original reaction.

Siempre hay flores para aquellos que desean verlas.

A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.

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

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement.