“Literature is indispensable to the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks at reality, then you can change it.”
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(1924-1987) writer from the United States 1924–1987Related quotes
“If you can change people's minds — you can change the world.”
“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
“Changing how we see images is clearly one way to change the world.”
Source: Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies
a quote from Tàpies' talk, when his museum opened in 1990; as quoted in 'Antoni Tàpies a Painter With Textures, Dies at 88', by William Grimes, in 'The New York Times', 8 Febr, 2012, p. B17
1981 - 1990
“If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.”
Changing My Mind, Among Others (1982)
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”