Quotes About Perception

Don't judge a book by its movie.

The more you look, the less you see.

When you read a comic book, there's a space between what's happening on the panel and what you have to literally see in your mind. That's not true of movies, where you see everything.

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push it.

Often the thought of pain is actually worse that the pain itself.

...It all seemed to him to have disappeared as if behind a curtain at a theater. There are such curtains that drop in life. God is moving on to the next act.

Judge not, before you judge yourself. Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment. The Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too, so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what's on the surface and what you rap about, and they make their decision on who you are from there.

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.

Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.

Everybody started calling my music rock and roll, but it wasn't anything but the same rhythm and blues I'd been playing down in New Orleans.

Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration.

The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.

You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block opposite your house.

Music must be seen, and dance must be heard

You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.

It seems like people get afraid of a certain music if they can't pigeonhole it to their satisfaction... Good music is good music, and that should be enough for anybody.

Music and art are the guiding lights of the world.

I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously.

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.

See the music, hear the dance.