“Man shouldn't be able to see his own face. That's what's most terrible. Nature gave him the possibility of not seeing it, as well as the incapacity of not seeing his own eyes.” MenWellsEyeAbleFacesSeeingPossibilityTerribleMirrorsIncapacity Author:Fernando Pessoa
“I usually only draw myself in down periods... I suppose that's why I often draw myself looking grim. I just think, 'Let's have a look in the mirror.' When you are alone and you look in a mirror you never put on a pleasing smile. Well, you don't, do you?” ThinkingWellsLooksPeriodsDrawsMirrorsGrim Author:David Hockney
“I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place.” WellsMirrorsTiredCleanSmokeSmoke And Mirrors Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“I've always thought there was something very marvelous and magical about mirrors, and that they are connected to memory as well.” WellsMemoriesMirrorsConnectedMarvelous Author:Nicolas Roeg
“The horse is your mirror. He never flatters you. He reflects your temperament. He also reflects your ups and downs. Don’t ever be angry with your horse: you might as well be angry with your mirror.” WellsMightHorseMirrorsAngryTemperamentUps & Downs Author:Rudolf G. Binding
“Seeing clearly within himself and always able to dodge around the ends of any position, including his own, Shaw assumed from the start the dual role of prophet and gadfly. To his contemporaries it appeared frivolous and contradictory to perform as both superman and socialist, sceptic and believer, legalist and heretic, high-brow and mob-orator. But feeling the duty to teach as well as to mirror mankind, Shaw did not accept himself as a contradictory being.” WellsEndsFeelingsAbleAcceptingRolesTeachSeeingMankindPositionDutyMirrorsIncludingBelieverProphetSocialistContradictoryBrowsHereticFrivolousOratorsDodgeScepticGadflies Author:Jacques Barzun