--- title: "8 Words Seen Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Words Seen quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Words Seen sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/patrick-rothfuss-145_blind-man_once-i-sang-colors-to-a-blind-man-seven_1382103.jpg" --- > [“Once, I sang colors to a blind man. Seven hours I played, but at the end he said he saw them, green…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/once-i-sang-colors-to-a-blind-man-seven-hours-i-played-but-at-the-end-2/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/patrick-rothfuss-145_blind-man_once-i-sang-colors-to-a-blind-man-seven_1382103.jpg) > [Walt Whitman, he who laid end to end words never seen in each other's company before outside of a dictionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/walt-whitman-he-who-laid-end-to-end-words-never-seen-in-each-other-s/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/david-lodge-11610_company_walt-whitman-he-who-laid-end-to-end-word_1450981.jpg) > [“Words that you have seen before become easier to see again—you can identify them better than other words when they are shown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kahneman/words-that-you-have-seen-before-become-easier-to-see-again-you-can/) [Daniel Kahneman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kahneman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/daniel-kahneman-431_quote_words-that-you-have-seen-before-become-e_2026771.jpg) > [Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-billings/words-are-often-seen-hunting-for-an-idea-but-ideas-are-never-seen/) [Josh Billings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-billings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/josh-billings-777_hunting_words-are-often-seen-hunting-for-an-idea_2192432.png) > [“I have tasted words, I have seen them. Never had her hands reached out in darkness and felt the texture of pure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-d/i-have-tasted-words-i-have-seen-them-never-had-her-hands-reached-out/) [H.D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-d/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/h-d-30030_language_i-have-tasted-words-i-have-seen-them-nev_2577928.jpg) > [Chance does not speak essentially through words nor can it be seen in their convolution. It is the eruption of language, its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/chance-does-not-speak-essentially-through-words-nor-can-it-be-seen-in/) [Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/michel-foucault-1134_appearance_chance-does-not-speak-essentially-throug_2725384.jpg) > [In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/in-words-are-seen-the-state-of-mind-and-character-and-disposition-of/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/plutarch-597_character_in-words-are-seen-the-state-of-mind-and_2765707.jpg) > [“The subtleties of the mind cannot be transmitted in words, but can be seen in words.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juefan-huihong/the-subtleties-of-the-mind-cannot-be-transmitted-in-words-but-can-be/) [Juefan Huihong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juefan-huihong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/juefan-huihong-250952_language_the-subtleties-of-the-mind-cannot-be-tra_2884548.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/words-seen/#itemlist", "name": "Words Seen Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Once, I sang colors to a blind man. 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