John Trumbull Quotes

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.

Seeing through is rarely seeing into.

A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.

I often see through things right to the apparition itself.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

You can’t go on “seeing through” things forever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it. To “see through” all things is the same as not to see.

Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.

Jesters do often prove prophets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.

All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable, which makes you see something you weren't noticing, which makes you see something that isn't even visible.

It is enjoyable to make things visible which are invisible.

A hair divides what is false and true.

I see too deep and too much.

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.

I guess I'm a very keen observer, and I'd like to think I have a good imagination.

We must look a long time before we can see.

You have to keep your mind as wide-open as your eyes, because almost nothing is what it seems.

They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth will never arrive at the truth.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.