Quotes About Subjectivity

Each one of us has within him a whole world of things, each man of us his own special world. And how can we ever come to an understanding if I put in the words I utter the sense and value of things as I see them; while you who listen to me must inevitably translate them according to the conception of things each one of you has within himself. We think we understand each other, but we never really do.

Ciascuno vuole imporre agli altri quel mondo che ha dentro, come se fosse fuori, e che tutti debbano vederlo a suo modo, e che gli altri non possano esservi se non come li vede lui.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder

Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not. ~ Protagoras

Pooh, he said. Much alike, aren't they, this case and that! There is nothing to hinder their being so, said I, but even if they are not alike and if the man thinks they are, do you believe he will any the less answer what appears to him, whether we forbid him or not?

a human being is the measure of all things. of the things that are, that they are, and of things that are not, that they are not.

The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to becomeerased as the years go by, but often they change, or even grow, by incorporating extraneous features. Judges know this very well: almost never do two eyewitnesses of the same event describe it in the same way and with the same words, even if the event is recent and if neither of them has a personal interest in distorting it.

objectivity doesn't matter when you're talking about your own child.

Beauty — and all the values that derive from beauty — are not measured and evaluated in terms of the dollar.

Futility is in the eye of the beholder.

Watches and clocks measure our perception of time, not time itself.

I admit that I don't understand art that isn't in the least representational. But I feel no need to understand it.

Meaning can't change from person to person, and still be true

Without God, right and wrong are just personal beliefs. Personal opinions. I think shoplifting is okay, you don't.

The way to understand any enemy is to realize that, from his perspective, he is not a villain but a hero.

Sometimes twenty years seemed like an instant, and sometimes it seemed like a very long time indeed.

Feelings aren't truth

It was a blur," people say. What they really mean is the impossibility of anyone truly entering such an experience from outside, the futility of explanation.

They should have been ridiculous, and perhaps they were.

appealing than truth and rationality. The words

I'm sure there are people who associate Iona with what they want it to be but for me it's just a nice place.

In a drama, the camera doesn't exist. In a documentary, it does.

As an actor, you can go in, and you give your best performance, but if you hand that performance to ten different directors and ten different editors, you get ten different movies.

It's hard to tell the story if you're not involved yourself, emotionally.