Children Quote by Olive Schreiner

A child sees everything, looks straight at it, examines it, without any preconceived idea.

— Olive Schreiner

No one tells a child how to see, especially in the early years. They learn this through real-world experiences and examples.

— Fei-Fei Li

The child often sees only what he already knows. He projects the whole of his verbal thought into things. He sees mountains as built…

— Jean Piaget

As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts,…

— Chris Ware

Try to look at everything through the eyes of a child.

— Ruth Draper

During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his…

— Jean Piaget

Children sometimes understand things that most grown-ups do not see.

— Jonathan Kozol

When you think of how a child experiences a series of events, it feels, for so long, like she's looking at everything from behind…

— Jacqueline Woodson

A child in his earliest years, when he is only two or a little more, is capable of tremendous achievements simply through his unconscious…

— Maria Montessori

Children are often envied for their supposed imaginations, but the truth is that adults imagine things far more than children do. Most adults wander…

— Dara Horn

What are so mysterious as the eyes of a child?

— Phyllis Bottome

A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that…

— Rachel Carson