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A thing is never seen as it really is.


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I prefer to see with closed eyes.

I prefer to see with closed eyes.



Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.

Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.



Every perception of color is an illusion, we do not see colors as they really are. In our perception they alter one another.

Every perception of color is an illusion, we do not see colors as they really are. In our perception they alter one another.



Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous.

Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous.



We never really perceive what color really is, as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.

We never really perceive what color really is, as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.



Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.



Color is like cooking. The cook puts in more or less salt, that's the difference!

Color is like cooking. The cook puts in more or less salt, that's the difference!



In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually.

In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually.



As we do not see squares in nature, I thought that it is man-made. But I have corrected myself. Because squares exist in salt crystals, our daily salt.

As we do not see squares in nature, I thought that it is man-made. But I have corrected myself. Because squares exist in salt crystals, our daily salt.



Learn to see and to feel life; that is, cultivate imagination, because there are still marvels in the world, because life is a mystery and always will be. But be aware of it.

Learn to see and to feel life; that is, cultivate imagination, because there are still marvels in the world, because life is a mystery and always will be. But be aware of it.





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There are lots of imposters in this earth, and to very first there always comes a second, to every reality there always come a fantasy, and the fantasy wants to come and live the life of the reality

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I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.

I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.



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As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.



I believe that there's something interesting about anyone and everyone - you just have to figure out what that something is.

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