Quotes About Visibility

Most people would rather be seen through than not seen at all.

Nothing is secret which shall not be made manifest.

One sees intelligence far more than one hears it. People do not always say transcendental things, but if they are capable of saying them, it is always visible.

Shadows are in reality, when the sun is shining, the most conspicuous thing in a landscape, next to the highest lights.

Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

Writers should be read - but neither seen nor heard.

There is no such thing as concealment. Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.

Is this what you want?" he said harshly. "Do you want it hard and where people can see?

Being on Twitter and social media, you obviously get to see a lot more of what people are thinking of you and of your show.

Twitter is the limit of me putting myself out there.

When people come to Twitter and they want to express something in the world, the technology fades away. It's them writing a simple message and them knowing that people are going to see it.

You won't see Moonves on Twitter.

Quitting Facebook would be like partially erasing myself. Quitting Twitter would constitute further erasure. Pretty soon, I'd be invisible. I was never on Instagram or Tumblr, which I guess means I never completely existed in the first place.

I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether they're seen or not is another issue.

I'm very proud to be representing Latinas and women of color, young mothers and full-figured women. I just love that we're seeing different types of people on screen.

How can our industry better represent the reality of our larger community and provide our next generation a proper example of what they see around them every single day? This representation should also look beyond race and include those of all body types, religion, sexuality, and gender identification.

I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.

My story wasn't one of those cliched stories of being an ugly duckling, I had a pretty good time at school. But then I think being six foot by the age of 15 meant that I couldn't help but be noticed, and that was when my physical being felt quite painful - I could not any longer walk into a room without being noticed.

When people say things like, 'Oh, I can't find black or brown whatever position it is,' I wanted to be clear that we exist in droves. When I tell people, 'Hey, share your work, share your LinkedIn,' it's with the ultimate goal that somebody on that thread gets hired, or something positive happens.

I think people don't want be alone. Ultimately, we want to feel connected. We want to feel like there is someone who actually sees us in the world. That's the big thing: to be seen. How many people actually feel seen?

I know it sounds hokey but I think, ultimately, on television you can't hide who you are.

Watching 'Girls,' it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters.

And just seeing yourself on buses and billboards in even the smallest town of any country in the world, it's overwhelming sometimes and it's amazing and it's unbelievable.

It's just unbelievable that nearly every gay human being knows who I am now - that's overwhelming.