Quotes About Observation

There has always been the same amount of light in the world. The new and missing stars, the comets and eclipses, do not affect thegeneral illumination, for only our glasses appreciate them.

What humans do with the language of mathematics is to describe patterns.

All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions.

Knowledge will not always take the place of simple observation.

The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific truth.

Sight is the least sensual of all the senses. And we strain ourselves to see, see, see--everything, everything through the eye, inone mode of objective curiosity.

To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest will come.

Seeing depends on knowledge / And knowledge, of course, on your college / But when you are erudite and wise / What matters is to use your eyes.

From whatever you wish to know and measure you must take your leave, at least for a time. Only when you have left the town can yousee how high its towers rise above the houses.

No one knows the colour of a flower till it is broken.

Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already.

All our knowledge begins with the senses...

Look for knowledge not in books but in things themselves.

The heavens and the earth, the woods and the wayside, teem with instruction and knowledge to the curious and thoughtful.

Scenes must be beautiful which daily view'd Please daily, and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years.

An artist needs knowledge and the power of observation only so that he can tell from what he is abstaining, and to be sure that his abstention will not appear artificial or false.

I've seen Dempsey fight and I was impressed with his lack of knowledge.

I have no knowledge other than that gained through my own eyes.

The first element of change is awareness. You can't change something unless you know it exists.

To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them.

With words at your disposal, you can see more clearly. Finding the words is another step in learning to see.

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize.

In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in it what the eye brings means of seeing.

If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless opportunities for observation.