Direct Quote by Edward Weston

“To see the object as in itself it really is”

— Matthew Arnold

Having visual impressions is, of course, necessary for seeing things, but it is not sufficient. What must be added is not anything sensible. And…

— Gottlob Frege

Everything one sees is merely a projection of what one does not see, its true nature and substance.

— Fernando Sabino

“But the spectacle perceived does not partake of pure being. Taken exactly as I see it, it is a moment of my individual history,…

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

The appearances of natural objects are in themselves meaningless; the essential thing is feeling - in itself and completely independent of the context in…

— Kazimir Malevich

Some things have to be believed to be seen.

— Ralph Hodgson

Any photograph has multiple meanings: indeed, to see something in the form of a photograph is to encounter a potential object of fascination. The…

— Susan Sontag

“We see not because everything is visible, but because something always defies the eye, persisting beyond the remit of mere representation. This something, which…

— Fabio Vighi

“our visuallydominated world sight is almost synonymous with understanding. We acknowledge light dawning by saying: ‘I see!’ The metaphor of vision suffuses our attempts…

— Richard Fortey

Some things have to be believed in order for them to be seen.

— Anonymous

“Eyes that looked out into the world, that took in so cleverly light, shape, and movement--why should it be important what they themselves looked…

— Katherine Min

The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry