“The word beauty is unavoidable … it accounts for my decision to photograph … There appeared a quality, beauty seemed the only appropriate word for it, in certain photographs, and I am compelled to live with the vocabulary of this new sight … through over many years [I] still find it embarrassing to use the word beauty, I fear I will be attacked for it, but I still believe in it.” YearsBelieveStillsUseCertainDecisionQualityAccountsSightPhotographerPhotographAppropriateVocabularyEmbarrassingCompelledI Still Believe Author:Robert Adams
“But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense, Old riddles still bid us defiance, Old questions of Why and of Whence.” StillsScienceWindowAccountsSightDefianceRiddle Author:William Cecil Dampier
“These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, not bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.” MenYearsHeartStillsHandsLightEyeHeavenStarsViewsSunClearSeeingBearsMoonSightArguingSpotsIdleBlindnessSteersBereftOrbsThese Eyes Book:I. Prose Works: Poetical works. II. Source: I. Prose Works: Poetical works. II.
“Yes, my dear children, everything is good and precious in God's sight when we act from the motives of religion and of charity because Jesus Christ tells us that a glass of water would not go unrewarded. You see, therefore, my children, that although we may be quite poor, we can still easily give alms.” GivingMayChildrenStillsJesusChristWaterPoorJesus ChristSightCharityDearGlassesMy ChildrenMotiveAlms Author:John Vianney
“I never heard a wood thrush until I was a grown man, though I must have been surrounded by them every spring. Each year I discover new sights and sounds to teach me how blind and deaf I must still be.” MenYearsHas BeensStillsSoundTeachHeardSpringSightBlindWoodsDeafGrown ManSight And SoundThrush Author:Louis J. Halle
“Many of Bonnard's later paintings are shot through with a powerful sense of morbidity. The self-portraits he painted after catching sight of himself in the various mirrors in the house - the mirror in the bathroom or the mirror in his bedroom, still lit from above by a single accusatory light bulb - are almost appallingly raw.” StillsSelfLightHousePowerfulPaintingShotsSightMirrorsVariousBedroomPortraitsBathroomLitCatchingBulbsLight BulbSelf PortraitMorbidity Author:Andrew Graham-Dixon
“Someone once told me a story about long term relationships. To think of them as a continent to explore. I could spend a lifetime backpacking through Africa, and I would still never know all there is to know about that continent. To stay the course, to stay intentional, to stay curious and connected - that's the heart of it. But it's so easy to lose track of the trail, to get tired, to want to give up, or to want a new adventure. It can be so easy to lose sight of the goodness and mystery within the person sitting right in front of you.” ThinkingKnowsWantGivingHeartPersonsLongStillsStoriesCoursesEasyTermLosesMysteryFrontsAdventureGoodnessGiving UpSittingSightTiredLifetimeTrackConnectedCuriousLong TermContinentsTrailsBackpackingLong Term RelationshipNew Adventure Author:Joy Williams
“It used to happen, and still happens, to me to take no pleasure in a work of art at the first sight of it, because it is too much for me; but if I suspect any merit in it, I try to get at it; and then I never fail to make the most gratifying discoveries--to find new qualities in the work itself and new faculties in myself.” IfsTryingFirstsArtStillsHappensUsedPleasureQualityToo MuchFailingDiscoverySightMeritFacultySuspectsWorks Of Art Book:Maxims and Reflections Source: Maxims and Reflections