Quotes · Skopia

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Walker Evans2 quotes

Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here for long. — Walker Evans · 1966 I lean toward the enchantment, the visual power, of the aesthetically rejected subject. — Walker Evans · 1974

Anthony Bourdain1 quote

Don't be afraid to just sit and watch. — Anthony Bourdain · 2018

Arthur Conan Doyle1 quote

You see, but you do not observe. — Arthur Conan Doyle · 1891

Camille Pissarro1 quote

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing! — Camille Pissarro · 1893

Francis Bacon1 quote

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. — Francis Bacon · 1605

Frank Costello1 quote

You learn a lot watching things eat. — Frank Costello · 2006

Friedrich Nietzsche1 quote

What is originality? To see something that has no name as yet and hence cannot be mentioned although it stares us all in the face. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1882

Galen1 quote

If anyone wishes to observe the works of nature, he should put his trust not in books of anatomy but in his own eyes. — Galen · 175

George Sand1 quote

The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes. — George Sand · 1869

Georgia O'Keeffe1 quote

Nobody sees a flower-really-it is so small-we haven't time-and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time. — Georgia O'Keeffe · 1939

Gerald M. Edelman1 quote

Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination. — Gerald M. Edelman · 2000

James Joyce1 quote

Shut your eyes and see. — James Joyce · 1922

Patrick1 quote

You see things and you understand. You're a wallflower. — Patrick · 2012