Quotes About Observation

The other day, when my 4-year-old saw a flowering tree and said, "Daddy, it's raining petals," that was poetry that just melted my heart into a mushy, yummy Fudgsicle.

At a fundamental level photography is much like pointing, and all of us occasionally point at things: look at that, look at that sailboat, look at that tree, etc. etc.

People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a birch. They see concepts.

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, doesn't it just lie there and rot?

Just at present you only see the tree by the light of the lamp. I wonder when you would ever see the lamp by the light of the tree.

I stand on the corner, pretending I am a tree.

He is a fool who looks at the fruit of lofty trees, but does not measure their height.

I thought maybe he was seeing another tree. - Juniper

People moved in across the street and are immediately cutting down a huge tree. Their toothbrushes will know my buttonhole.

I saw a tree fall in the woods, and I didn't hear it.

I didn't want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me express its meaning in nature.

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

A dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by it's own farts

All genius is simple. It involves close observation and a momentous act of self trust.

Never trust a man who combs his hair straight from his left armpit.

Animals have always left me with a curiosity about human nature. I trust animals more than most people.

Sometimes I see something so moving I know I'm not supposed to linger. See it and leave. If you stay too long, you wear out the wordless shock. Love it and trust it and leave.

I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.

I have two rules. One is, never trust a man who smokes a pipe. The other is, never trust a man with shiny shoes.

What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It's the mathematicians you have to trust, and they measure the skies like we measure a field.

With ADD, you're curious. You're eyes believe what they see. Your ears believe what others say. I learned to trust my eyes.

Men trust their eyes rather than their ears; the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual.

It's interesting, because I tend to trust a man with big ears.

I always warn aspiring reporters to observe three basic rules: 1. Never trust an editor. 2. Never trust an editor. 3. Never trust an editor.