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“An eye critically nice can only be formed by observing well-colored pictures with attention.”

Wells Eye Attention Nice Observation Observing

Book:The Life and Writings of Sir Joshua Reynolds: First President of the Royal Academy

Source: The Life and Writings of Sir Joshua Reynolds: First President of the Royal Academy

“Thus with most careful devotion Thus with precise attention To detail, interfering preparation Of that which is already prepared Men lighten the knot of confusion Into perfect misunderstanding, Reflecting a pocket-torch of observation.”

Men Perfect Attention Prepared Details Careful Devotion Confusion Observation Preparation Pockets Interfere Precise Misunderstanding Reflecting Torches Knots Attention To Detail

Author:T. S. Eliot

“But, after all, the sciences have made progress, because philosophers have applied themselves with more attention to observe, and have communicated to their language that precision and accuracy which they have employed in their observations: In correcting their language they reason better.”

Made Reason Language Attention Progress Philosopher Observation Employed Accuracy Precision Correcting

Author:Etienne Bonnot de Condillac

“It is what makes conscious of the conditions and laws of observing which applied in this manner become a theme on its own. The activity of consciousness depending on the way the work itself proceeds, becomes the subject of my attention this way and it is precisely because of this voyeuristic attitude toward the own observation and experience of the subject that the conscious analytic dimension in the work shows.”

Way Shows Law Attention Consciousness Attitude Conditions Subjects Activity Conscious Observation Theme Dimensions Observing Analytics

Author:Antoni Tapies

“But when we observe, we are forced to pay attention. We have to move from passive absorption to active awareness. We have to engage.”

Moving Pay Attention Awareness Active Observation Pay Attention Passive Absorption

Book:Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

Source: Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

“Should you happen to notice that another person is extremely tall or overweight, eats too much or declines convivial drinks, has red hair or goes about in a wheelchair, ought to get married or ought not to be pregnant -- see if you can refrain from bringing these astonishing observations to that person's attention.”

Ifs Should Persons Happens Attention Too Much Hair Ought Drink Married Red Observation Tall Decline Pregnant Astonishing Refrain Overweight Wheelchairs Red Hair

Author:Judith Martin

“You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe at once all the people in the room--their motions, their looks and their words--and yet without staring at them and seeming to be an observer.”

People Should Looks Rooms Attention Observation Staring Observers Seeming Quickness

Book:Lord Chesterfield's Letters

Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters