Quotes About Illusion

it often falls out that somewhat is produced of nothing; for lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.

One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum doemonum, because it filleth the imagination; and yet, it is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt; such as we spake of before.

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

her mind was full not of facts, but of glamour;

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

TIME' is generally 'outfront' on the face of things, , however, 'TIME' has been known to be; 'behind' on the 'face of things' on the same grandfather's clock:

Cynicism is the besetting and venial fault of declining youth, and disillusionment its last illusion.

Success is a liar liars love success

Trajeron caldo en unas escudillas de madera, tan claro, que en comer una dellas peligrara Narciso más que en la fuente.

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.

I'm not a fool, I knew from the beginning what couldn't happen. What couldn't happen didn't. The enterprise is abandoned. But half our life is dreams, delirium, everything that underlies that feeds that keeps alive the illusion of sanity, semi- sanity, we allow others to see. The half of me that feeds the rest is in mourning. Mourns. Each time we must mourn, we fear this is the final mourning, this time mourning never will lift.

They thought he was a dog. If you say "dangerous dog," folk think you're talking about a dog that bites, not someone who hands out deadly weapons at children's parties.

There are no shortcuts in life - only those we imagine.

the idea of a supra-human Chief Justice, totally 'objective', may be a necessary political and social myth but it is an illusion for all that.

There were occasionally rifts in the cloud where the face of a woman appeared, frowning.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.

We see God and the devil making fools of each other, and we nurture in ourselves the absolutely unshakable conviction that both of them are drunk.

We should all realize that we can only talk about the bad forgeries, the ones that have been detected; the good ones are still hanging on the walls

Vermeer's skill was in combining few colors, mixing little and using layers of lakes and varnishes to build up the illusion of life

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.

The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.

The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are imaginary.

When we were small, Rose and I used to play a game called connect the dots. I loved it. I loved drawing a line from dot number 1 to dot number 2 and so on. Most of all, I loved the moment when the chaotic sprinkle of dots resolved itself into a picture. That's what stories do. They connect the random dots of life into a picture. But it's all an illusion. Just try to connect the dots of life. You'll end up with a lunatic scribble.

That's what stories do. They connect the random dots of life into a picture. But it's all an illusion. Just try to connect the dots of life. You'll end up with a lunatic scribble.