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Quote by Herman Melville

“The eyes are the gateway to the soul.”

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Herman Melville was a renowned 19th-century American novelist known for his profound psychological descriptions and unique literary style. His masterpiece, 'Moby-Dick', is considered a classic of American literature. more

“We eat light, drink it in through our skins. With a little more exposure to light, you feel part of things physically. I like feeling the power of light and space physically because then you can order it materially. Seeing is a very sensuous act-there's a sweet deliciousness to feeling yourself see something.”

Feels Littles Feelings Light Order Space Vision Seeing Sweet Drink Skins Awe Exposure Sensuous

Author:James Turrell

“Subject is known by what she sees.”

Known Vision Seeing Subjects Awe

Book:Viva la poesia

Source: Viva la poesia

“We are a landscape of all we have seen.”

Life Inspirational Vision Seeing Garden Landscape Awe

Author:Isamu Noguchi

“To see is one of God's great gifts to man and to comprehend what we see is doubly so. Furthermore, He has endowed some people with the qualities to see the beauties of life and nature much more than others and they have the greatest gift of all.”

People Men Nature Quality Vision Seeing Greatest Gifts Beauty Of Life Great Gifts

Author:Waite Phillips

“It is easy to suppose that few people realize on that occasion, which comes to all of us, when we look at the blue sky for the first time, that is to say: not merely see it, but look at it and experience it and for the first time have a sense that we live in the center of a physical poetry, a geography that would be intolerable except for the non-geography that exists there - few people realize that they are looking at the world of their own thoughts and the world of their own feelings.”

People World Firsts Looks Feelings Would Be Easy Realizing Vision Seeing Sky First Time Blue Occasions Awe Geography Blue Sky

Book:The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination

Source: The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination

“Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it.”

Ifs Trying Vision Seeing Ocean

Author:Jimmy Buffett

“The eyes have one language everywhere.”

Eye Language Vision Beautiful Eyes Eyes Looking Eye Color Colored Eyes Innocent Eyes Sharp Eyes

Book:The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel

Source: The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel

Quote by Herman Melville

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