#perception

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. ↗

— Anais Nin

#cease #familiar #function #magic #meaning

An actress must be a woman whose emotional perceptions are true, and to make them so, she must have a fine contempt for any art or thought that betrays them for something false. ↗

— Nance O'Neil

#any #art #betrays #contempt #emotional

My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development. ↗

— Sellapan Ramanathan

#countries #development #members #my own #new

One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers. ↗

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

#bad #cannot #circumstances #exists #fact

Sometimes I feel limited by people's perceptions of what I can and cannot do, or what I do or don't look like. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#feel #i #i can #i do #i feel

Everything in the Universe, throughout all its kingdoms, is conscious: i.e., endowed with a consciousness of its own kind and on its own plane of perception. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#consciousness #endowed #everything #i #kind

Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up. ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#hope #how #i #i hope that #legs

The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#paintings #perceptions #real #undergo #viewer

Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#self-perception #talent #leadership

Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his conscious reflection, his progressive steps, mysterious even to himself, should enter so swiftly into the work that he is unable to recognize them in the moment of transition. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#art #creation #creativity #perception #self-knowledge