Attributed without citation at History of Painters http://www.historyofpainters.com/modigliani.htm
“The eyes of man can perform two functions: one is "seeing" energy at large as it flows in the universe and the other is "looking at things in this world." Neither of these functions is better than the other; however to train the eyes only to look is a shameful and unnecessary loss.”
Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from A Separate Reality (Chapter 6)
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Peruvian-American author 1925–1998Related quotes
“Whatever we look at, and however we look at it, we see only through our own eyes.”
Source: Modern Man in Search of a Soul
“Junk is in the eyes of the beholder. Some look, but others see.”
Source: understanding your potential discovering the hidden you
Cited in: Dr Ronald Blythe (2013) The Time by the Sea: Aldeburgh 1955-1958. Chapter 5.
“There is only one way to see things,
until someone shows us how to look at them
with different eyes”
1970s, The argument: causality in the electric world (1973)
Source: The Theater and Its Double