Quotes About Subjectivity

The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.

Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity.

There are three sides to every story: my side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently.

...[E]very person perceives the world differently. So essentially, there are six billion human versions of reality on this planet, each perceiving its own truth.

A perception, sudden as blinking, that subject and object are one, will lead to a deeply mysterious understanding; and by this understanding you will awaken to the truth.

An understated demeanor and a confident attitude will convince him you're gorgeous. Never assume you are not attractive enough, and therefore you have to overcompensate or chase a man. Taste is subjective. One man's "ugly" is another man's "beautiful." The first date is about looks. When he falls in love, it's about your attitude. It's about whether you can hold your own. Which is all about how you hold yourself.

Dreams are not real; but when you are inside a dream, it is real to you.

We cannot achieve immersion without bringing our subjectivity into play.

Father was made for romance. For him there was no such thing as a fact.

When we say something, our subjective intention or situation is always involved. So there is no perfect word; some distortion is always present in a statement.

No one could honestly say that a musical makes sense.

Hva vet et menneske om virkeligheten? Kan vi noengang skjelne mellom det som er vår egen private stemning, det som stiger opp av vårt eget indre altså, og det som når frem til oss som bølgeslag utenfra?

I cannot climb out onto the nature of your mind. So how then do I know anything about your mental life? How do I know, for instance, that you see the colour blue the way that I do? Might it be that some of us feel pain more, but make less fuss about it, or that others feel pain less, but make more fuss?

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth.

Opinions are like assholes - everyone has one.

Emotion is always part of perception, not distinct from it.

In a way," I said to him, "that now you're talking about hardly exists. We feel it, but it's impossible to measure. The past is always eating up the present.

That's the problem with seeing things. Nothing is clear. Feelings, ideas shape what's in front of you. Cézanne wanted the naked world, but the world is never naked. In my work, I want to create doubt." He stopped and smiled at me. "Because that's what we are sure of.

Most people aren't attacked by colors.

You're saying that anything's art if people say it is? Even me?" "Exactly. It's perspective - not content.

Each person does see the world in a different way. There is not a single, unifying, objective truth. We're all limited by our perspective.