“How alive is thought, invisible, yet without thought there is no sight.”
“Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.”
“They were simple, earnest people, those early Victorians, and had not yet learnt the trick of avoiding disturbing thoughts and sights.”
“How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?”
“Strange how short-sighted being invisible can make you.”
“Visible things can be invisible. However, our powers of thought grasp both the visible and the invisible – and I make use of painting to render thoughts visible.”