Cases Quote by William Hazlitt

I assume the senses crave sources of maximum information, that the eye benefits by exercise, stretch, and expansion towards materials of complexity and substance,…

— Carolee Schneemann

“Being in nature refreshes us by ... allowing us to surrender to involuntary attention: the effortless and often enjoyable noticing of sensory stimuli in…

— Jennifer Ackerman

I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience

— Bridget Riley

For an infrequent action to become a habit, the user must perceive a high degree of utility, either from gaining pleasure or avoiding pain.

— Nir Eyal

As you are aware, no perceptions obtained by the senses are merely sensations impressed on our nervous systems. A peculiar intellectual activity is required…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

The patterns of activity of neurons in sensory areas can be altered by patterns of attention. Experience coupled with attention leads to physical changes…

— Michael Merzenich

“According to this model, human beings are, at least in one aspect, sensation-receiving machines; and although our receptory apparatus is competent to select and…

— Cruce Stark

Senses empower limitations, senses expand vision within borders, senses promote understanding through pleasure.

— Dejan Stojanovic

In order to recognize small changes in effort, the effort itself must first be reduced. More delicate and improved control of movement is possible…

— Moshe Feldenkrais

Habit can overcome anything but instinct, and can greatly modify even that.

— Horace Mann

We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences

— Nikola Tesla

Every nerve that can thrill with pleasure, can also agonize with pain.

— Horace Mann