Invisibility quotes
23 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"I am one of the most irresponsible beings that ever lived. Irresponsibility is part of my invisibility; any way you face it, it is a denial. But to whom can I be responsible, and why should I be, when you refuse to see me?"
"It seems to me that invisibility is the required provision of elegance. Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed."
"When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility."
"I went over the heads of the things a man reckons desirable. No doubt invisibility made it possible to get them, but it made it impossible to enjoy them when they are got."
"I denounce because though implicated and partially responsible, I have been hurt to the point of abysmal pain, hurt to the point of invisibility. And I defend because in spite of it all, I find that I love."
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