I had my dreams of Venice, but nothing that I had dreamed was as impossible as what I found.
Arthur SymonsBut we have been taught to see before our eyes have found out a way of seeing for themselves.
Arthur SymonsHardly any one is able to see what is before him, just as it is in itself. He comes expecting one thing, he finds another thing, he sees through the veil of his preconception, he criticizes before he has apprehended, he condemns without allowing his instinct the chance of asserting itself.
Arthur Symons