Jillian Hervey Quotes

The better you look, the more you see.

I think my thing is that I try and pick up on things that other people have maybe not picked up on.

There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.

Writers, some of us, may tend to see things before other people do, things that are right there but aren't noticed in the way that a writer might notice.

A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a little bit more intention, you see it.

I'm inspired by everything that goes on around me. I'm a sponge. I'm very analytical. I notice the things that most people don't notice.

I observe the world and the people surrounding me.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

I wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is around us; both the marvellous and the terrible.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Seeing is in itself a movement.

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

The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.

I'm not such a fan of imagination. If you're alive to details, they oftentimes suggest a richer or deeper imaginative line than you would have imagined.

If you pay attention to the world, it's an amazing place. If you don't, it's whatever you think it is.

You can learn more from a person just from their observations and how they see the world. More so than just talking.

Some people look at big things, and other people look at very small things, but in a sense, we're all trying to understand the world around us.

I think my life has been transformed by the ability to take things that exist in the world and look at them more closely. I think that's what art does at its best: it allows us to slow down.

Once I started to look i finally began to see.

Everything is surprising, rightly seen.

People can be stunningly unobservant.

I think inspiration is always around; it's just a question of whether or not you're noticing it.

Important lessons: look carefully; record what you see. Find a way to make beauty necessary; find a way to make necessity beautiful.

To look at a thing is very different from seeing it.