Frank Chapman (ornithologist) Quote

Not only do our memories sometimes deceive us, but we really see nothing with exactness until we attempt to describe it.


In: William H. Carr - The Stir of Nature - Chapter Nine (p. 117), Oxford University Press, Inc. 1930


Not only do our memories sometimes deceive us, but we really see nothing with exactness until we attempt to describe it.

Not only do our memories sometimes deceive us, but we really see nothing with exactness until we attempt to describe it.

Not only do our memories sometimes deceive us, but we really see nothing with exactness until we attempt to describe it.

Not only do our memories sometimes deceive us, but we really see nothing with exactness until we attempt to describe it.