“What I am after, above all, is expression. Sometimes it has been conceded that I have a certain technical ability but that, my ambition being limited, I am unable to proceed beyond a purely visual satisfaction such as can be procured from the mere sight of a picture. But the purpose of a painter mus…”— Henri Matisse, amazon.com
“For me all is in the conception. I must therefore have a clear vision of the whole from the beginning.”— Henri Matisse, amazon.com
“I desire to have both heaven and hell ever in my eye, while I stand on this isthmus of life, between two boundless oceans.”— John Wesley, en.wikiquote.org
“On April 3, 1968, just before he was killed, Martin delivered his last public address. In it he spoke of the visit he and I made to Israel. Moreover, he spoke to us about his vision of the Promised Land, a land of justice and equality, brotherhood and peace. Martin dedicated his life to the goals of…”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.com
“You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.”— Jules Verne, amazon.com
“What I see and what I feel are best when you are both.”— William Chapman, williamchapmanwritings.tumblr.com
“The desolate, deserted trees, The faded earth, the heavy sky, The beauties she so truly sees, She thinks I have no eye for these, And vexes me for reason why.”— Robert Frost, amazon.com
“I want the cottage. I want the green grass and the tomato plants. I want the peace in you; the front porch rocking chair lullaby; our cricket legs rubbing together under the covers. We can’t have it all. I know that, but humor me. We can’t have it all, but we can have most of it.”— Caitlyn Siehl, alonesomes.tumblr.com
“The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one.”— John Ruskin, amazon.com
“The year 2020 is going to be filled with so many puns about perfect vision. I can just see it now.”— Slats7, reddit.com
“Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?”— Thomas Hardy, amazon.com
“Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.”— Marcel Proust, amazon.com
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”— Carl Jung, amazon.com
“How deeply do any of us know our own selves? Ask yourself. We hold a picture of how we wish to be and hope it goes forever unchallenged. Passing through life never pursuing aspects of our natures with which we’d rather not reckon. Dying strangers to ourselves.”— Craig Davidson, amazon.com
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”— Carl Jung, amazon.com
“The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees.”— Mark Rothko, amazon.com