--- title: "7 Revelatory Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Revelatory quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Revelatory sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/david-oyelowo-7952_documentaries_if-you-merely-focus-on-what-we-already-k_42900.jpg" --- > [If you merely focus on what we already know, then it's not revelatory. You may as well just go and watch a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-oyelowo/if-you-merely-focus-on-what-we-already-know-then-it-s-not-revelatory/) [David Oyelowo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-oyelowo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/david-oyelowo-7952_documentaries_if-you-merely-focus-on-what-we-already-k_42900.jpg) > [“…the excitement of doing something for the first time had passed. I laid there in the back seat looking at the moon.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hinton/the-excitement-of-doing-something-for-the-first-time-had-passed-i/) [Karen Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/karen-hinton-91382_compelling_the-excitement-of-doing-something-for-th_62791.jpg) > [Unpacking books is a revelatory activity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-manguel/unpacking-books-is-a-revelatory-activity/) [Alberto Manguel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-manguel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/alberto-manguel-2467_book_unpacking-books-is-a-revelatory-activity_354210.jpg) > [The revelatory or visionary is the province of the 'private' artist, who in order to render his personal world comprehensible or even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-coutts-smith/the-revelatory-or-visionary-is-the-province-of-the-private-artist-who/) [Kenneth Coutts-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-coutts-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/kenneth-coutts-smith-59005_art_the-revelatory-or-visionary-is-the-provi_500567.jpg) > [“What will undo any boundary is the awareness that it is our vision, and not what we are viewing, that is limited.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-carse/what-will-undo-any-boundary-is-the-awareness-that-it-is-our-vision/) [James P. Carse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-p-carse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/james-p-carse-21875_awareness_what-will-undo-any-boundary-is-the-aware_1710775.png) > [“Language is not primarily informational but revelatory. The Holy Scriptures give witness to a living voice sounding variously as Father, Son and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-h-peterson/language-is-not-primarily-informational-but-revelatory-the-holy/) [Eugene H. Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-h-peterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/eugene-h-peterson-1745_father-son_language-is-not-primarily-informational_2092688.png) > [“Clinton has cheated on Hillary for years,’ I said (to his campaign manager James Carville). ‘I told you the story about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hinton/clinton-has-cheated-on-hillary-for-years-i-said-to-his-campaign/) [Karen Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/karen-hinton-91382_cheated_clinton-has-cheated-on-hillary-for-years_2367478.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/revelatory/#itemlist", "name": "Revelatory Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you merely focus on what we already know, then it's not revelatory. 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