Active Quote by William James

The unity of effect or impression is a point of the greatest importance. It is clear, moreover, that this unity cannot be thoroughly preserved…

— Edgar Allan Poe

A person with normal eyesight would have nothing to know in the way of 'Impressionism' unless he were in a blinding light or in…

— John Singer Sargent

Impressions are like pearls; ideas are like the string that turns the pearls into a necklace. The string is invisible, but it is not…

— Mu Xin

It only takes a second for an impression to become a vision.

— Bill Viola

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

Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique - these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .

— Ansel Adams

Impressionism means taking inspiration directly from nature, trusting your senses rather than what you think you know.

— Michael McClure

The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we hear, an object of…

— William James

I am not an impressionist.

— Chris Redd

All the impressions which are made on us by Nature are designed to exercise our soul during its terms of penitence, to prompt us…

— Louis Claude de Saint-Martin

A good impression is lost so quickly...

— Claude Monet

Impressionism' was the name given to a certain form of observation when Monet, not content with using his eyes to see what things were…

— John Singer Sargent