Perception Vs Truth Quotes

Interesting thing, these fellows never seem to get the idea of perspective-' The Bursar thought, or received the thought: that's because perspective is a lie. If I know a pond is round then why should I draw it oval? I will draw it round because round is true. Why should my brush lie to you just because my eye lies to me?

Do not believe the truth. The truth is tiny compared to what you have to do.

Facts are generally overesteemed. For most practical purposes, a thing is what men think it is. When they judged the earth flat, it was flat. As long as men thought slavery tolerable, tolerable it was. We live down here among shadows, shadows among shadows.

Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearance. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality.

Or -- and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it -- the book was true and reality was lying.

The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.

The artist should once and forever emancipate himself from the bondage of appearance.

It is not an event; it is a piece of news.

We live in a society where we basically live and strive on what people think about us. We’re more visual people so what we see is basically what we believe which is not necessarily true.

I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I've done hundreds of them, I've never stopped questioning the very nature of portraiture because it deals exclusively with appearances. I've never believed people are what they look like and think it's impossible to really know what people are.