“Somewhere between what the lens depicts and what the caption interprets, a mental picture intervenes, a cultural ideology defining what and how to see, what to recognize as significant.”
“The choice between what we take and what we leave should emerge from a vision -- "an Islamic ideology capable of giving Muslims freedom, social justice and of interacting with other religions, cultures and ideologies.”
“There is such dissociation between what the eyes see and what the mind envisions. The final thought is just a matter of interpretation, coloured by our experiences.”
“I can't control what you see or how you interpret what you see any more than I can control what you think of me.”
“We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.”
“Communication is defined not by what is being said but by what is being heard. For this reason, it is vital that you gain a good appreciation of how other people will listen—interpret, process, and assign meaning— to what you have to say before you can influence them effectively.”