We tend only to believe what we can see, and what we see is always filtered by our personal perception.
Jamyang Khyentse • Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices
“We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.”
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
One sees what one wants to see. It is false, and that falsity is the foundation of art. —Edgar Degas