Theophile Gautier Quotes

I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.

You can see into people's souls through their eyes.

Clarity is the ability to see the soul in action in the physical world.

The eyes are the windows to the soul

I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words.

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

If I'm talking to you, I can't see you, but I can see inside of you and what you're thinking. That's a mixed blessing.

The job of singing is to stay open to the river of soul in all its manifestations, the dark and the light, without letting your ego get in the way. I never want to be bigger than the song. I just want you to receive it.

Art is the skin of the soul.

Inspiration is that state in which mind and heart are connected. When you feel inspired you find yourself thrust into a world where ordinary objects and events are full of light, as if illuminated from within. This inner light is truth, and when you suddenly see the truth, we gain insight, clarity, and joy.

It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul.

Dance is the pure language of the soul - it's been with us from the very beginning.

For me, the soul is connected to a higher being. It's not about religion; it's about connecting to your true self - your truth, the truth inside of you, the one you were born with.

The eyes are the window to where the soul is supposed to be.

I do have a clear vision, and I do see things that are existing in my quote-unquote spirit, but that doesn't necessary make me a very spiritual person.

Praying is no easy matter. It demands a relationship in which you allow someone other than yourself to enter into the very center of your person, to see there what you would rather leave in darkness, and to touch there what you would rather leave untouched.

The unclouded eye was better, no matter what it saw.

What we commonly call man, the eating, drinking, planting, counting man, does not, as we know him, represent himself, but misrepresents himself. Him we do not respect, but the soul, whose organ he is, would he let it appear through his action, would make our knees bend.

The eyes mirror the heart of a person. An entire life can be seen through them. Love, sorrow, deceit, pain. If you look closely, it’s all there.

The eyes of my eyes are opened.

Do not seek God in outer space-- Your heart is the only place in which to meet Him face to face.

The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him.

It is good that the window should be transparent, because the street or garden beyond it is opaque. How if you saw through the garden too? It is no use trying to 'see through' [everything]. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.