Carrie Underwood Quotes

Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

To see some truths you must stand outside and look in.

You don't always have to look in the distance for what's going on over there, when you actually see what's right in front of you.

It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look.

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

We see parts of each other, and we put them together. But if I want to see you in totality, you need to move away; we need space between us. Across the street, I can see all of you at once, but then I also see this huge vista of space surrounding you, coming in and compressing you.

I am best viewed from a distance.

If your pictures are not good enough, it’s because you are not close enough.

Being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

No, but you can see it from here.

...everything looks worse in black and white.

He who looks through an open window sees fewer things than he who looks through a closed window.

The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.

If you stand too close to a painting - all you see are patches of color, if you stand too far back, you can't see any of the detail.

I tried to put things in perspective but sometimes you're just too close to it.

A mountain still in the distance can appear as a molehill.

It is difficult to see a situation for what it is when you are in the midst of it,” Tsukiko says. “It is too familiar. Too comfortable.

I try not to get impressed. I just try to look at what I see.

What you look at hard seems to look at you.

The best designers in the world all squint when they look at something. They squint to see the forest from the trees - to find the right balance. Squint at the world. You will see more, by seeing less.