Quotes About Perception

History is a lie commonly agreed upon.

A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows.

No people in the history of the world have ever been so misunderstood, so misjudged, and so cruelly maligned.

There is no history, only histories.

History - an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

Everything is a dangerous drug except reality which is unendurable.

Well I have a drug history and a public drinking problem and I am not the healthiest guy. So they just ran that I died of a drug overdose.

I think also there's no question that Lincoln has been diluted down through history in some way, almost by becoming as iconic as he is, in a way he's become diluted.

It is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true.

History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction.

The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more must you allure the senses to it.

I didn't see any difference between being a photographer or being an artist. I didn't make those boundaries. If someone wants to think it's art, that's great, but I'll let history decide.

The only history that matters is the history we know.

No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.

Reality is a staircase going neither up nor down, we don't move; today is today, always is today.

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed.

History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

Only 3 to 5 percent of people are aware of being a part of history; the overwhelming majority think things will always be the way they are.

During the Sixties, the Americans thought I was the greatest thing in the history of cinema.