#vision

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is - infinite. ↗

— William Blake

#infinity #opportunity #perception #potential #truth

[Gratitude] turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ↗

— Melody Beattie

#vision

Gabriel came out a moment later, while Kaitlyn was still standing motionless by the stairs. He was shrugging into his T-shirt. He looked particularly handsome in a just-roused, early morning way. His hair was very wavy, as if someone had run fingers through it to release the curl, his eyes were hooded and lazy and there was a faint smile of satisfaction on his lips. Kaitlyn discovered that she wanted to kill him. The image that came to her mind was of hitting him with a rolling pin, but not in an amusing, comic-book sort of way. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#gabriel #kaitlyn #the-passion #vision

The poet, therefore, is truly the thief of fire. He is responsible for humanity, for animals even; he will have to make sure his visions can be smelled, fondled, listened to; if what he brings back from beyond has form, he gives it form; if it has none, he gives it none. A language must be found…of the soul, for the soul and will include everything: perfumes, sounds colors, thought grappling with thought ↗

— Arthur Rimbaud

#poets #vision

Nothing is more imminent than the impossible . . . what we must always foresee is the unforeseen. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#impossible #plan #vision #vision

The camera has always been a guide, and it's allowed me to see things and focus on things that maybe an average person wouldn't even notice. ↗

— Don Chadwick

#focus #photography #seeing #vision #photography

Vulcan?" Leo demanded. "I don't even LIKE Star Trek! ↗

— Rick Riordan

#television

If we could follow the slogan that says,"Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something of substance for a future generation. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#television

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. ↗

— William Gibson

#television

He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television." "Are you and Beetee going?" I ask. "As many young and attractive victors as possible," Haymitch corrects himself. "So, no. We'll be here. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#humour #katniss-everdeen #television