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Quote by Charles Webster Hawthorne

“Paint what you see, not what you know.”

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Charles Webster Hawthorne was an American painter known for his outdoor painting and naturalistic style. His works emphasized the use of light and color, which had a profound impact on later artists. more

“The only sense we still respect is eyesight, probably because it is so closely attached to the brain. Go into any American house at random, you will find something - a plastic flower, false tiles, some imitation something - something which can be appreciated as material only if apprehended by eyesight alone. Don't we go sightseeing in cars, thinking we can experience a landscape by looking at it through glass?”

Ifs Thinking Stills House Brain Vision Seeing Car Materials Flower Glasses Landscape Awe Plastic Imitation Appreciated Eyesight Tiles Sightseeing Plastic Flowers

Author:Galway Kinnell

“It's better not to see than to see wrongly.”

Vision Seeing Awe

Author:Robert M. Pirsig

“Content is a glimpse.”

Vision Seeing Awe Glimpse

Book:Willem De Kooning: Vellums : March 21-April 21, 2001

Source: Willem De Kooning: Vellums : March 21-April 21, 2001

“I could paint these mountains the way they look, but it isn't how I see them.”

Way Looks Vision Seeing Mountain Paint Awe

Author:Justin Beckett

“Though we travel the world over to find beauty, we must carry it with us or we find it not . . . The difference between landscape and landscape is small, but there is a great difference in beholders.”

World Differences Vision Seeing Landscape Awe Travel The World Beholder

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you don't have the right people around you and you're moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.”

People Ifs Moving Hours Loses Millions Miles Losing Yourself

Author:Dave Chappelle

“It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer I get the more differently I see.”

Way Vision Impossible Seeing Awe

Author:Alberto Giacometti

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